Produced the right way, a quick voice message can be informative and helpful without being intrusive.

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When the early modernist message crackled across Europe like an electric charge, Aalto was quick to enter the charmed circle that included Le Corbusier, the historian Siegfried Giedion, and artists like Hans Arp, Constantin Brancusi and Fernand Leger, whose organic abstractions were soon to influence his own use of form.

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Think about the message you send others when you are slow to respond to requests, quick to complain or blame, or look to others to take the initiative to offer solutions.

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The quick joke always plays well in a room at a party but people seldom remember what the message was, or who it was for.

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