seez comments on Email tone and status: !s, friendliness, 'please', etc. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: seez 04 May 2014 02:40:40AM 0 points [-]

If you're really struggling, you might try looking over some emails that have been sent to you by a well-liked successful person of similar status that you admire and know well. Then, you can emulate zir tone until you get habituated to it and do it naturally.