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Taste is what you cut

Cut until one more cut would break it. Then put the last one back.

EPWe reviewed the research on it.Taste, influence and feedback

Hand-drawn diagram of framework 162, Taste is what you cut: Cut until one more cut would break it. Then put the last one back.
Framework 162 · in one look
How to use it

On the final pass, remove one element at a time (a slide, a line, a second) until removing more would break the idea. Then put the last one back.

How sure we are

E Evidence: built from practice. What works for coaches and practitioners. Labelled that way.

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

Sources

a craft principle (🟠) · shorter content completes better (157, 🟡).

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