Gmail: Game Changing Tip + Exclusive Workshop

Jeff -

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words…

But did you know a meme is worth the screams of a million working professionals?

The pain of receiving a forwarded email thread

I think we can all agree that colleagues who forward a long email thread with an irresponsible “FYI lol” at the beginning belong in jail.

I have obviously never done that.

Forwarding long email threads can be extremely messy for 3 reasons:

  1. Indent Madness: The replies keep getting pushed further right, making it tough to see what's what.
  2. Reverse Order Replies: You see the newest stuff first, so it's like reading a story backwards.
  3. In-Line Reply Chaos: If someone replied inside the original email, it's like a puzzle you don't want to solve.

Properly Forwarding an Email

For those of us who have forwarded email like this though (first of all shame on you 👀), there’s a much better way: