Comments on: Thoughts on Emails http://www.ryanholiday.net/post_19/ Meditations on strategy and life Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ryan Holiday http://www.ryanholiday.net/post_19/#comment-10158 Ryan Holiday Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:19:02 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/thoughts-on-emails/#comment-10158 Being bold is probably the worst thing you could do in emails. It rarely comes out like you hoped, is easily misinterpreted and if you're specifically making an effort to, you're already in a bad, bad place. Being bold is probably the worst thing you could do in emails. It rarely comes out like you hoped, is easily misinterpreted and if you’re specifically making an effort to, you’re already in a bad, bad place.

]]> By: Joseph http://www.ryanholiday.net/post_19/#comment-10157 Joseph Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:00:42 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/thoughts-on-emails/#comment-10157 How about, be bold? Your advice at the end there would warn off the fresh and timid, like me. I hate stepping on busy people's toes, but I don't want to lose my own sense of importance by over-worrying if my email/comment is a burden. How about, be bold? Your advice at the end there would warn off the fresh and timid, like me. I hate stepping on busy people’s toes, but I don’t want to lose my own sense of importance by over-worrying if my email/comment is a burden.

]]> By: Relja http://www.ryanholiday.net/post_19/#comment-10156 Relja Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:36:46 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/thoughts-on-emails/#comment-10156 The brothers served their purpose of showing us how email communication shouldn't be done. And yes, I guess they annoyed Ryan. That Cooliris thing looks like penis enlargement spam. Seriously, if I got something like that in my inbox, I would instinctively mark it as spam, without reading it. Someone actually thought an email that looks like THAT would work? The brothers served their purpose of showing us how email communication shouldn’t be done. And yes, I guess they annoyed Ryan.

That Cooliris thing looks like penis enlargement spam. Seriously, if I got something like that in my inbox, I would instinctively mark it as spam, without reading it. Someone actually thought an email that looks like THAT would work?

]]> By: Ilan Bouchard http://www.ryanholiday.net/post_19/#comment-10155 Ilan Bouchard Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:05:57 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/thoughts-on-emails/#comment-10155 Here is an issue I've been wondering about, though: How do you maximize your presence without becoming annoying? The two brothers made such an impact that you included them in your blog post... but it sounds like they're so annoying that you'd value them <i>more</i> if they left you alone. I have a bad habit of writing an email/comment/whatever and then never sending it, because I figure it's not worth the time of whoever I'm writing to. I might have something to say every week, but they only end up hearing from me once a month--but I can't figure if a short email that offers little but takes up only a minute of someone's time is making the relationship stronger or weaker. Where do you draw the line?r Here is an issue I’ve been wondering about, though: How do you maximize your presence without becoming annoying? The two brothers made such an impact that you included them in your blog post… but it sounds like they’re so annoying that you’d value them more if they left you alone.

I have a bad habit of writing an email/comment/whatever and then never sending it, because I figure it’s not worth the time of whoever I’m writing to. I might have something to say every week, but they only end up hearing from me once a month–but I can’t figure if a short email that offers little but takes up only a minute of someone’s time is making the relationship stronger or weaker. Where do you draw the line?r

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