Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to think before you send an email.
Speaker 1: Email is a wonderful tool, Unfortunately it has also been
Speaker 1: the source of numerous career disasters. All it takes is
Speaker 1: one inadvertent reply all or forwarding to someone who, it
Speaker 1: turns out, is mentioned earlier in the thread and not
Speaker 1: in a flattering way. Or you might do what I
Speaker 1: once did. I was complaining about something to a friend
Speaker 1: who unfortunately had the same first name as a person
Speaker 1: who was involved in the particular project. I was complaining
Speaker 1: about guests, which person the auto Phil put in. Even
Speaker 1: emails you meant to send can be problematic. We write
Speaker 1: in haste and then repent at leisure. This is especially
Speaker 1: true since even neutral emails can be read as negative
Speaker 1: in the absence of the smiles and nods that we
Speaker 1: use to soften in person communication. But there's a simple
Speaker 1: solution to this. Get in the habit of setting yourself
Speaker 1: up to think before you send. I'm taking this tip
Speaker 1: from Before Breakfast listener Amy. She writes that when I'm
Speaker 1: sending an email, I want to make sure I get right,
Speaker 1: or if I'm sending from my phone, like now, I
Speaker 1: will put in the destination email address only after I've
Speaker 1: finished with the body and subject of the email. Sometimes,
Speaker 1: like when I'm replying, I'll store the address in the
Speaker 1: first line of the email, then cut and paste it
Speaker 1: when I'm ready to send. Either way, she writes, this
Speaker 1: prevents me from sending accidentally before I intend to. I
Speaker 1: think this is a great idea. Get yourself in the
Speaker 1: habit of writing the address last, not first. You can
Speaker 1: the whole email, but without an address, it won't go anywhere.
Speaker 1: Your email program will alert you to the missing address.
Speaker 1: This will force you to pause and do one last
Speaker 1: check in is this really the note I wish to send?
Speaker 1: Is it going to the right person? How might it
Speaker 1: be misinterpreted? Should you add a friendly opener a little?
Speaker 1: How was your weekend to soften the message. Maybe it's
Speaker 1: all good, but there's little downside to taking the moment
Speaker 1: to pause, And there's a lot of upside to making
Speaker 1: sure that you're not sending an email that you'll come
Speaker 1: to regret. It's worth getting in the habit of filling
Speaker 1: in the address last. In the meantime, this is Laura.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Hey everybody, I'd love to hear from you.
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