I also think the standards you tolerate in your surroundings tend to leak into your work. People who let small things slide in their environment usually let small things slide in their thinking too.

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Written by Rohan Mahtani

From Coached Weekly, issue 356.

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Make your most common emails memorable

In your career, you're gonna write hundreds of emails that people have seen before — intros, thank-yous, follow-ups. Most of these instantly get forgotten because they're generic ("Nice to meet you" or "Thank you for your time yesterday").

Clear thinking is hard in a messy room

Hey, I’m Rohan!

Make your most common emails memorable

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I also send these out by email.

Make your most common emails memorable