Sunday rant: I think the laziest form of input solicitation is fwding an email or Slack message with a “Thoughts” appended to it. I feel the only adequate response is to reply with “Hmmm…”

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Hmmm…

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Agreed

Tf else do you need?

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After leaving consulting for industry I realized all the extra words are not valued as much as in consulting. I tried “engage in discussion” and it’s actually “discuss”.

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Hmmm…

Hmmm 😀

To the sender: “Thanks for sending this over. Can I get your thoughts on this first? Wanna see if we’re on the same page”

Translation: “Thoughts?”

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This whole rant is a thought. Perhaps you should send it to the person who asked for your thoughts.

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