This week I’m writing email tips — what do you want to see?

November 19 56 Comments latest by Ananth

What kind of emails tips do you want me to write about this week?

Ever since college when I started emailing CEOs and random people I saw in magazines/newspapers/online to take them out to lunch, I realized I was a little weird. But I also realized I had learned how to write an email to get Very Busy People to take meetings (why would you want to ask anyone to lunch?). So this week, I thought I would share some tips on how to email anyone and get a meeting.

This could be useful if you’re looking for a new job, trying to start a business, or just want advice about a new area you’re interested in.

So far, I’m planning to write about…

• How to write an email to get a meeting with anyone
• Piss-poor emails I’ve gotten about meeting up that Very Busy People will ignore

What would you like to read about? Leave a comment here.

[Update]: Ack, I jumped the gun on this considering it’s Thanksgiving week. Sorry, everyone. I’m going to hold off on this until later, but I promise it will be worth it. If there are specific types of email tips you want to see, I’ll use the comments to guide my email series.

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Sleep research discusses sexy vs. rich

November 15 9 Comments latest by Money Tips Linking 18 Nov 2007 | KCLau's Money Tips

It’s amazing how many people think money has to be complicated. I always talk how the most ordinary things usually work quite well — deciding how much to consciously save, consistently growing your money in a diversified way, etc — instead of debating minutiae about the fanciest investments. Take a look at this new sleep research covered in the New York Times, which has lots of parallels to personal finance.

The “…American Journal of Psychiatry analysis of 21 studies showed that behavioral treatment helped people fall asleep nearly nine minutes sooner than sleep drugs. In other measures, sleep therapy worked just as well as drugs, but without any side effects.

The behavioral strategies for better sleep are deceptively simple, and that’s one reason why many people don’t believe they can make a difference [emphasis mine]. One of the most effective methods is stimulus control. This means not watching television, eating or reading in bed. Don’t go to bed until you are sleepy. Get up at the same time every day, and don’t nap during the day. If you are unable to sleep, get out of bed after 15 minutes and do something relaxing, but avoid stimulating activity and thoughts.

It may be hard to believe, but studies show these simple steps really do make a meaningful difference for people with sleep problems.”

Hmm, could managing your money be the same? If you have a friend who is paralyzed by inaction, maybe sending this to them will wake them up. (Note to new friend: Here’s the table of contents of all my past articles.)

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Congratulations, J.D.

November 14 8 Comments latest by chip.otob

Congratulations to my friend J.D., who writes one of the best personal-finance blogs online: Get Rich Slowly. He’s decided to quit his job and go fulltime on blogging, and I couldn’t be happier for him.

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