Every Email Should Be 5 Sentences or Less

There’s probably not a professional in the world who doesn’t feel like email is taking over their life and who hasn’t spent the better part of an hour crafting an important message. Sound familiar?

A simple rule for keeping emails short and productive: Commit to making every email five sentences long or less. Sure, you could just commit to writing less or making your emails shorter, but there’s something about having a true limit that ensures you really stick to your goal.

Treat all email responses like text messages, using a set number of letters per response. Since it’s too hard to count letters, count sentences instead.

Less than five sentences is often abrupt and rude, more than five sentences wastes time. Might be a bit hard in the beginning but give it a go!

SOURCE: The Muse