{"id":609,"date":"2022-03-21T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/?p=609"},"modified":"2022-03-17T03:27:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T03:27:39","slug":"little-bitty-info-bytes-are-actually-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/?p=609","title":{"rendered":"Little Bitty Info-Bytes Are Actually Okay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-610 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Grandma-Scolding-the-Kids-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Grandmother is scolding her grandchildren\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Grandma-Scolding-the-Kids-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Grandma-Scolding-the-Kids-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Grandma-Scolding-the-Kids-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Grandma-Scolding-the-Kids-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Grandma-Scolding-the-Kids-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I hear people finger-wag about how &#8220;no one takes the time to read; content has to be in quick-bites; and we&#8217;ve all come down with collective ADD&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>We can argue about how much better it was back-in-the-day, and that&#8217;s an awesome dorm room all nighter, cheap beer and Dominos kinda way to pass the time.<\/p>\n<p>But being a scold isn&#8217;t really helping anyone up-in-this-day.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because whether things have actually changed, or it&#8217;s just your perception of them, doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>People do need info-bites.\u00a0So let&#8217;s get them their info bites! They need a glass of water, not a fire hose. They need simple digestible pieces, not the whole beef Wellington, for them to move the needle.<\/p>\n<p>My rule is always to find out how they&#8217;re listening, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then<\/span> start talking. Speak to what they can hear. Otherwise, the greatest genius message in the world falls on deaf ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can they even hear your message? Find out what they&#8217;re listening for. 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