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Hand-lettered 3x3 chart titled "E-MAIL LIKE A BOSS @danidonovan". Each cell has a blue situation, a red X weak phrase, and a green check stronger phrase. 1: "I took a while but you can deal": X "Sorry for the delay", check "Thanks for your patience". Other cells follow similarly.

Email Like a Boss: Say It Like You Mean It

A chart of workplace email rewrites that swap apologetic phrases for confident ones. A tip sheet for office-era Xennials who learned email in the dial-up days.

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Hand-lettered 3x3 chart titled "E-MAIL LIKE A BOSS @danidonovan". Each cell has a blue situation, a red X weak phrase, and a green check stronger phrase. 1: "I took a while but you can deal": X "Sorry for the delay", check "Thanks for your patience". Other cells follow similarly.

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