What I Wrote vs. What I Said

An email comes in from angry client. You respond in kind. Your phone rings and the customer says, "Yikes, I was joking!" If you read into a message incorrectly, your response can cause a lot of damage. And before you misinterpret this teaser, you'd should probably read Bill's blog.

You get a text from a friend. She sounds angry.

An email comes in from a client. The tone is one of disappointment.

While you might in both cases, you could just as easily be dead wrong. And if you respond with an incorrect read in mind, you could make matters much, much worse.

So, before you reply, confirm. This advice holds true for friendships, clients, and especially spouses. Without the benefit of sound, it is easy to misread tone and intention. Subsequently, you could end up having to explain your own easily misread-able response.

The basic rule of thumb is to completely disregard any interpretation on your part. Pick up the phone and clarify if you can. That’s a more direct approach. If you can’t, do not reply using your assumption as a tag along.

The written word is far more powerful than the spoken word. But in that power is a lot room for error.

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