4. Avoid Using Your Position. When you put your position in your email address, like “[email protected]”, it stands out and outlines which skills you possess.
7. If you're wondering if you should go to a meeting because you're afraid it'll waste your time, ask, "Is there an agenda?" "If I had a dollar for every meeting I've sat in that could have just been an email, I would probably live in a bigger apartment.

Humor also leaves a lot of room for misinterpretation—which subsequently weakens sincerity and authority. A caller can be very turned off by merely misinterpreting your joke. Why take this risk? Additionally, this could even cause callers to question your character. Say, for example, the president of a company’s mobile phone voicemail greeting was funny. What’s to happen if the caller didn’t like or get the joke? What if they found it offensive? Another scenario is that a caller is reaching out to you for the first time—i.e. they have no idea regarding your personality. What next? The point is, with this type of greeting, humor is bound to be more divisive so just avoid it altogether. c. Poorly Pacing Your Message and Bad Time Management: Don’t speed through your message. Speak clearly so callers know what to include in their message and when to leave the message. At the same time, don’t drag your message out. No one wants to sit through a diatribe. Just get to the point clearly.
4. Replace "but" with "and" when you're giving feedback. "Since the word 'but' is negative, people take it as criticism or correcting their actions. If you use the word 'and,' it feels more like constructive feedback.