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Feb. 22nd, 2011 11:41 amI had 600 emails when I got to work this morning. Nothing caught on fire while I was gone, but apparently everyone thinks things did. It's nice to feel loved.
Among the myriad emails was one setting up a time and date for me to interview for the quasi-PR job I applied for. So now all I have to worry about is getting a haircut, assembling an interview outfit, doing the research, compiling a writing portfolio, and not throwing up. Good to know.
In the spirit of discussing email, check this out: Daniel Goleman, author of the book Social Intelligence, has a theory that email has an inherent negativity bias. That means that if the tone of an email is neutral, we will automatically assume the tone is negative. Fortunately, the99percent has tips on making your email sound more positive, and only one of those involves emoticons.
At one point today, BossBoss's boss asked him to ask me to write "One of his supremely competent emails" for a companywide announcement. After we were done LOLing, I told BossBoss about this whole inherent-negativity-bias thing. He replied, "I never worry about that. All my emails are inherently negative anyway."
Good to know all those management-skills workshops he went to this weekend are paying off.
Among the myriad emails was one setting up a time and date for me to interview for the quasi-PR job I applied for. So now all I have to worry about is getting a haircut, assembling an interview outfit, doing the research, compiling a writing portfolio, and not throwing up. Good to know.
In the spirit of discussing email, check this out: Daniel Goleman, author of the book Social Intelligence, has a theory that email has an inherent negativity bias. That means that if the tone of an email is neutral, we will automatically assume the tone is negative. Fortunately, the99percent has tips on making your email sound more positive, and only one of those involves emoticons.
At one point today, BossBoss's boss asked him to ask me to write "One of his supremely competent emails" for a companywide announcement. After we were done LOLing, I told BossBoss about this whole inherent-negativity-bias thing. He replied, "I never worry about that. All my emails are inherently negative anyway."
Good to know all those management-skills workshops he went to this weekend are paying off.
