What do you do when you’re at work? I’m sure you spend time completing your assigned tasks and responsibilities. But I bet that you also spend a lot of time on one or both of these activities: Attending meetings Sending and responding to emails Now certainly, it’s important to hold meetings and email people sometimes.(…)
You probably send a lot of emails over the course of your workday. And you probably have a standard “closer” – the word or phrase that you include at the end of the email, right before your name. It might be something like “best” or “thanks” or “sincerely.” My standard closer is “thanks” or “thanks(…)
I’m sure you’ve received plenty of confusing emails over the years. They’re often long and vague, and leave you wondering what the person is asking you to do. Trying to decode these types of emails can take a lot of your time. And even if you give it your best effort, you still might get(…)
I must admit that I have felt rather overwhelmed recently. On Sunday, I decided that my email was simply demanding too much attention! It seemed as if I was receiving alerts every five minutes. Some were interesting offers. There were low air fares, discounts at stores, menus from restaurants, and so on. There were also(…)