Comments on: Delay 2 minutes, avoid looking like a jerk http://nerdguru.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/delay-2-minutes-avoid-looking-like-jerk/ By Pete Johnson, Because technical people need good soft skills to get ahead. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Schwinl! » Blog Archive » Pas si vite ! http://nerdguru.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/delay-2-minutes-avoid-looking-like-jerk/#comment-301 Fri, 23 May 2008 12:12:02 +0000 http://nerdguru.dreamhosters.com/2008/01/14/delay-2-minutes-avoid-looking-like-a-jerk/#comment-301 [...] suivre dans google reader depuis près d’un mois maintenant, mais que je voulais partager : retardez l’envoi de mail de quelques minutes pour éviter les boulettes. Il s’agit tout simplement de demander à Outlook de patienter 2 minutes avant [...]

]]> By: Nerd Guru » Blog Archive » What’s your best email productivity tip? http://nerdguru.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/delay-2-minutes-avoid-looking-like-jerk/#comment-300 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:22:53 +0000 http://nerdguru.dreamhosters.com/2008/01/14/delay-2-minutes-avoid-looking-like-a-jerk/#comment-300 [...] with email has become vitally important. I’ve picked up a few ideas recently, most notably Delay 2 minutes, avoid looking like a jerk and Don’t send that attachment! but I wanted to see what the general public [...]

]]> By: Pete Johnson http://nerdguru.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/delay-2-minutes-avoid-looking-like-jerk/#comment-299 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:56:00 +0000 http://nerdguru.dreamhosters.com/2008/01/14/delay-2-minutes-avoid-looking-like-a-jerk/#comment-299 Awesome tip, Tac! Thanks for sharing.

—Pete

]]> By: Tac http://nerdguru.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/delay-2-minutes-avoid-looking-like-jerk/#comment-298 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:04:00 +0000 http://nerdguru.dreamhosters.com/2008/01/14/delay-2-minutes-avoid-looking-like-a-jerk/#comment-298 If I have an email that may in anyway be negative, I make myself send it to an alternate email address. If I’m at work I’ll send it to Gmail.

This makes me look at the email in the same format that the receiver(s) will be getting it. It also forces me to re-read it. I have always made changes to the email when seeing it this way.

The times I have skipped this rule, I have always regretted it.

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