They'll Open Spam Before They'll Open Your 'Please Read'

You send an email to your co-workers with important information, like your vacation schedule. They clearly don't read it. This happens ALL. THE. TIME. What can you do to get them to pay attention? This article offers tips, like keeping it short -- nobody wants to read a long email -- and using "action words" in the subject line to stress the importance ("PLEASE COMMENT"). You can do everything they suggest and I'll bet your co-workers STILL ignore you, because that's what humans do. (New York Times)

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