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A manager told me my emails were too long and people were skimming them

She said to put the main ask in the first sentence and cut everything else. I started doing that last month and my response rate went up by about 40%. Anyone else get a piece of simple advice that fixed a big work habit?
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grace_stone
Wow, @stone.troy, guess we're all just skimming now.
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stone.troy
stone.troy28d ago
Actually, it was the first paragraph.
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