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Killer idea to manage time spent with email

Came across this today: http://five.sentenc.es/

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Basically, the suggestion is:
Create a personal policy to limit all emails to 5 sentences or less.
Makes sense to me for a number of reasons:
1. If it can't be said if 5 sentences, the point may not be clear enough. 
2. If it can't be said in 5 sentences, you probably lost the reader before they got to your point.
3. If you want a quick response, 5 sentences isn't too overwhelming to quicklyl look at and react to [vs. a few paragraphs].
4. Rarely can you ask multiple questions within 5 sentences, so it limits what you are asking for, which again should get you to a quicker response.
5. Stuck to, this rule could help you manage your time spent with email. 
The site even has a disclaimer you can put at the bottom of the email so people know why you limit responses to 5 sentences!
Oh, and what if you have more to say then 5 sentences? Call them. Schedule a meeting. Write it up in a document and send it. Post it online then link to it.
Get to your point in 5 and leave them wanting more. 

Posted at 02:06 PM in Business Management, Marketing |

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