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Motor Mouth versus Many Thanks : we all have a few contacts notorious for their lengthy emails; find out who takes the prize in your inbox. On the flip side, you’ll also see who most frequently adds to your e-mail count with reply all “thanks” notes.
Most Ignored : delete e-mails without reading? Business of Your Brain will tell you who you’re most likely to ignore. The app is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 and Microsoft Outlook 2003 or later. 4 issue 2 • careersuccess
New e-mail app uncovers what’s keeping you from real business Xerox has launched a free desktop application called Business of Your Brain that analyses e-mails and calendar notices to
identify those distractions that steer focus away from real business.
Available for download at
http://www.BusinessofYourBrain.com, the Microsoft Windows desktop app securely synthesises data from a user’s Microsoft Outlook account and, through interactive visuals, outlines by day, week and month the activities, people, events and vocabulary that fill a user’s inbox.
“For today’s office worker, the inbox often defines our day as e-mail and meeting notices dictate our every move,” says Christa Carone, chief marketing officer at Xerox. “Business of Your Brain offers a satirical yet humbling view of what stands between the inescapable inbox and the ability to focus on real work.”
By downloading the app, users can reveal the following insights and more:
Meeting Buddy : show up to the office today dressed just like a colleague? Could be because he is the person with whom you have the most meetings.
Quickest to Panic : find out who sends the most e-mails flagged with the high alert exclamation point. Focus Drainer : what are the latest buzzwords in your e-mail subject lines? Your Focus Drainer results will clue you
Does your writing ever make people reading it think “huh”?
5 secrets of better writing Eg: 1 ‘No legalese’ 2 Use a positive tone Cease and desist
If you don’t like my suggestions,
please contact me. 3 One adjective only
4 Verb is better than phrase AND
5 Avoid paragraphs with more than 15-20 words
He had a tentative, uncertain, hesitant manner
I’m of the opinion that Change to: Stop
Please contact me if you have any suggestions. I’d welcome hearing them.
He had a hesitant manner
I believe...
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