Question One is: 1. NEEDED? (Does my busy recipient truly need this email to do his or her job?)

“a lot of back-and-forth emails, Slack, last-minute Zoom meetings, etc., which prevent me (and everyone in general, I feel) from actually having the time to do deep work, think, write, with high quality.”

All things being equal, workflows that minimize this never-ending stream of urgent communication are superior to those that instead amplify it.