Emails, memos and requests often go ignored likely because they’re hard to understand. However, individual success depends on the help of others. Thus, success for a sale, a project, even a career likely depends on getting others to read and act on our messages. Here are eight ways to help get people to respond to them.
Source: New York Times, March 8, 2020. Link. (paywall) Take the final sentence or paragraph and move it to the top. Rather than building to the request – and risk muddling the meaning – this inversion forces us to lead with the need. After that, you’ll find of the rest can be removed.”