Aishwarya Goel
@ag_infer
Mostly Curious!
Aishwarya Goel
aishwaryagoel.com
Here are a few ideas that many of our favorite emails have used:
- Ask someone a specific question. The more specific, the better.
- Ask for criticism . Tends to be more effective than asking for advice.
- Share something interesting. An essay. Video. Company. Anything they’d like.
- Say something funny.
- Say something useful. Maybe you noticed a typo on
Emails for Humans — Quarter Mile
It’s choosing a frame that doesn’t turn every interaction into a drama where someone always has to be wrong.
What are They Carrying?
6. One of the clearest signs of intelligence is being able to hear an opinion you disagree with and not act emotionally
There’s no one more powerful than a skilled communicator unafraid of being misunderstood.
Anu Atlurusubstack.comFinishing a paragraph or section gives people a micro-burst of accomplishment and reward. It helps them chunk the basic insight together and remember it for later. You want people to be going – “okay, insight, good, another insight, good, another insight, good” and then eventually you can tie all of the insights together into a high-level insight.... See more
Scott Alexander • Nonfiction Writing Advice
“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward…Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do.”
- what Krishna tells Arjuna in The Bhagavad Gita:
