So, I agree we should all be charitable, but we also shouldn't settle for "well, that's just how I am" because communication can be a practiced skill. As one e

So, I agree we should all be charitable, but we also shouldn't settle for "well, that's just how I am" because communication can be a practiced skill. As one example, a direct-personality coworker of mine learned to compensate by asking others for feedback before sending emails (or at least important ones to others outside the team). As another example, I've seen people with http://three.sentenc.es/ http://three.sentenc.es/ in their email signatures, and this makes it clear that the brevity comes from valuing the time of the reader.