When composing emails, you are much more productive if you think and write from the reader’s perspective. This simple solution is easier said than done. An officer in charge of a U.S. Navy Shipbuilding facility calls this fundamental change a “force multiplier.” He personally models this approach and coaches his staff to do the . . . → Read More: A Strategic Advantage that Begins at the Keyboard
“The gap between knowing and doing is greater than knowing and not knowing.”
Ken & Margie Blanchard
Do What You Know To Do In Your Life This gap is real in much of what we do. We know to stretch our muscles before playing sports. We know . . . → Read More: The Harmful Effects of Rambling Rose
Productivity Tip You are more productive when you prominently position your bottom line up front. This writing tip is easier said than done. Here are five things you can do to make your emails and other documents easy to read—and write!
Figure out what you want to get done. Sometimes you know what you . . . → Read More: Five Ways to Make It Easy for Your Readers
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Present Your Thoughts on July 20th, 2010
Productivity Tip To help your readers get things done, give them your “bottom line” up front. This writing tip is common sense, but not common practice.
Common Sense It’s common sense if you want to be more productive. You get things done by being up front and clear with the reader. Put your most . . . → Read More: Put What You Want to Get Done in Paragraph One
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Stan Berry, posted in
Present Your Thoughts on July 20th, 2010
Productivity Tip When you want your emails to get things done, begin with a forecasting subject line. This simple step will turn your readers from passive to active. It often determines whether your email gets read or not.
Forecast the Bottom Line of Your Email in the Subject Line Forecasting subject lines tell the . . . → Read More: Use a Forecasting Subject Line