type out your long, advice-rich reply, now you can use one or more
of these questions to focus faster and to spend less time in your
inbox.

Questions work just as well typed

as they do spoken.

Here’s Your New Habit

WHEN THIS HAPPENS...
When I get an email that triggers the Advice Monster...

INSTEAD OF...
Writing out a long, thorough answer full of possible solutions,
approaches and ideas, or even a short, terse answer with a single
command...

I WILL...
Decide which one of the seven questions would be most
appropriate, and ask that question by email. It could sound like:
“Wow, there’s a lot going on here. What’s the real challenge here
for you, do you think?”
“I’ve scanned your email. In a sentence or two, what do you
want?”