What can you learn from your Sent box?
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GTDmw
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Yes, me too and I wrote the post!
I hear you. It felt daunting to me too and, honestly, it is a continual work in progress. I found by getting comfortable looking in *my* sent I became more aware. The awareness really helps me up my game.
If it feels daunting. I suggest starting small. Start your exploration with 5 emails instead of 50. Or simply start with one email.
The email is simply a trigger to use to say, "How might I approach this differently next time?"
Start with one and see where it takes you.
Good luck and thank you for your response.
I hear you. It felt daunting to me too and, honestly, it is a continual work in progress. I found by getting comfortable looking in *my* sent I became more aware. The awareness really helps me up my game.
If it feels daunting. I suggest starting small. Start your exploration with 5 emails instead of 50. Or simply start with one email.
The email is simply a trigger to use to say, "How might I approach this differently next time?"
Start with one and see where it takes you.
Good luck and thank you for your response.
S-Tolland
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I dived in and checked 5 on Friday - and I was pleasantly surprised! There is certainly room for improvement, but my emails were not as opaque as I had feared they might be. One of my areas for improvement will be around the subject line in future - some of these were fine but others were definitely not as clear as they could have been, so certainly something to be aware of. I intend to delve a little deeper later this week, but am glad to have made a start and don't feel quite so daunted now!
TinaLRoman
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IRK - BLUF for me too. I don't like having to scroll all the way to the bottom of an email trying to find what needs to be answered
DELIGHT - seeing (eom) - end of message at the end of the subject line. Let's me know I can reply quickly without having to open the message. If it's a simple question and answer, I can hit reply and answer right in the subject line with an eom of my own.
SMALL TEST - Work on changing the title in the subject line when the topic has changed, especially when a number of replies have been sent back and forth in the conversation.
DELIGHT - seeing (eom) - end of message at the end of the subject line. Let's me know I can reply quickly without having to open the message. If it's a simple question and answer, I can hit reply and answer right in the subject line with an eom of my own.
SMALL TEST - Work on changing the title in the subject line when the topic has changed, especially when a number of replies have been sent back and forth in the conversation.
SiobhanBR
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I thought I was doing ok...
I have been concentrating on making my sent email clear for recipients for a while now. Particularly when I'm sending a long message or a group of messages with attachments or a message to a lot of people, I've been reviewing before I hit send to consider if it would be clear what I'm asking for from everyone.
But then my boss replied to a message with "What do you want me to do with this?" Arggh. Maybe I should look at this as a good sign that my usually clear emails have become expected so one unclear one was that noticeable.
Or happy that she asked me rather than struggling trying to figure it out and then just making an assumption and spending time/effort doing something I wasn't expecting.
It's an ongoing process and thanks for the reminder to pause and reflect on something we can control and change.
I have been concentrating on making my sent email clear for recipients for a while now. Particularly when I'm sending a long message or a group of messages with attachments or a message to a lot of people, I've been reviewing before I hit send to consider if it would be clear what I'm asking for from everyone.
But then my boss replied to a message with "What do you want me to do with this?" Arggh. Maybe I should look at this as a good sign that my usually clear emails have become expected so one unclear one was that noticeable.
Or happy that she asked me rather than struggling trying to figure it out and then just making an assumption and spending time/effort doing something I wasn't expecting.It's an ongoing process and thanks for the reminder to pause and reflect on something we can control and change.