Monday, October 27, 2008

Thomas Kinkade The Rose Garden painting

Thomas Kinkade The Rose Garden paintingCaravaggio Amor Vincit Omnia paintingRaphael Saint George and the Dragon painting
email crosses your inbox that may be about a subject that the sender finds sensitive, then it can be pretty rude to reply in the curt and brief manner that most of us try to adopt. That’s not to say you’ve got to write a book to protect somebody’s oversensitivity, but it does mean you could throw in a simple, “Hope you’re doing well and know that I’m here to talk if you need it,” or whatever suits the situation, at the end.
Of course, if you’re not here to talk, don’t say that. Be honest. But don’t be cruel.
Your time is important, but it’s not more important than making someone’s day that much more bearable by investing a few more seconds into your communications.
If you don’t want to be carbon copied on everything that goes on in your company, don’t carbon copy everybody else on irrelevant junk.
Some people — usually the ones who skip the of material available on effective email communication — figure that by CCing everybody in the company on their emails, they’ll have to repeat themselves less and things will get done faster.
As I mentioned earlier, “karma” kicks in when you teach people how to deal with you through

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