I tried emailing like a CEO and it made my life better
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Re: I tried emailing like a CEO and it made my life better
#2Perhaps the problem is attempting to review emails at a time when you can't formulate proper responses, i.e. on the phone. If it comes by email, it's probably not urgent enough to justify looking at them at a time when you can't respond.
On the flip side, they probably deserve more than a casual glance and a two word response.
Re: I tried emailing like a CEO and it made my life better
#3Some people get anxiety when email piles up in their mailbox and may spend a considerable amount of time sorting and categorizing their emails, some go as far as making zero inbox a thing.
I would hazard to say most people don't care about their inbox. I for one don't mind at all if an email I didn't read festers in my inbox for years, after all if it's not urgent enough to call or physically reach out to me about it it's not that big a deal.
Re: I tried emailing like a CEO and it made my life better
#4> Like any good member of the proletariat who wants nothing more than to serve capitalism [...]
Never change, Buzzfeed.
Re: I tried emailing like a CEO and it made my life better
#5Perhaps the problem is attempting to review emails at a time when you can't formulate proper responses, i.e. on the phone. If it comes by email, it's probably not urgent enough to justify looking at them at a time when you can't respond. On the flip side, they probably deserve more than a casual glance and a two word response.
Yes - or you get an email about X, but you need to know more about Y to come to a decision on X, so that X email lingers while you wait for info on Y
Re: I tried emailing like a CEO and it made my life better
#6On the flip side, I take my time to write detailed replies with full explanations of issues. Usual reply: "can u hop on a call"
Re: I tried emailing like a CEO and it made my life better
#7Rules for good emails
1. Keep the message as short as necessary but no shorter.
2. Put the most important information at the top of the message.
3. If it email is for an ask, call out from who you need the response and put it at the top of the message.
4. If you need to send a long email with many details, put the most important information at the top (ie. what the reader needs to know) and then fill in the body with details he/she can choose to indulge.
Example
Hey Jane, I need your input on how to prioritize my current work. Can you provide guidance on where I should focus?
Bug XYZ was assigned to me and it's taking longer to complete because we have a dependency on Vendor ABC completing a change to their web service. This is impacting the commitment to my team on Feature 123 because we are near the end of our sprint.
Lemme know.
Re: I tried emailing like a CEO and it made my life better
#8Some people get anxiety when email piles up in their mailbox and may spend a considerable amount of time sorting and categorizing their emails, some go as far as making zero inbox a thing. I would hazard to say most people don't care about their inbox. I for one don't mind at all if an email I didn't read festers in my inbox for years, after all if it's not urgent enough to call or physically reach out to me about it…
I currently have around 3k unread emails in the gmail box. Granted, most of them are highly unnecessary or don't need a reply. It doesn't bother me one bit. If I need to find a particular message, I'll search for it. If something is important and I missed it, I'll either get an auto-sent reminder or someone will reach out again or in another way.
I am not a slave to my email, just like I don't feel the need to pick up my phone every time it rings. Have I missed some time sensitive information? Occasionally. Has it blown my life up and caused a world of hurt? Not once.
Re: I tried emailing like a CEO and it made my life better
#9Some people get anxiety when email piles up in their mailbox and may spend a considerable amount of time sorting and categorizing their emails, some go as far as making zero inbox a thing. I would hazard to say most people don't care about their inbox. I for one don't mind at all if an email I didn't read festers in my inbox for years, after all if it's not urgent enough to call or physically reach out to me about it…
> it's not urgent enough to call or physically reach out to me about it it's not that big a deal
Exactly. If someone has a problem with me taking a couple of hours to get back to an e-mail I say, "you wouldn't send the fire brigade a postcard would you?"
Re: I tried emailing like a CEO and it made my life better
#10Rules for good emails 1. Keep the message as short as necessary but no shorter. 2. Put the most important information at the top of the message. 3. If it email is for an ask, call out from who you need the response and put it at the top of the message. 4. If you need to send a long email with many details, put the most important information at the top (ie. what the reader needs to know) and then fill in the body with…
We usually have a lot of CC's. So we use the @ system.
Eg. @stacey - can you get me the numbers on whatever?