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Phrase: Pause for thought
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
For the lucky among us, often there is a pause for thought before we send an angry email.
It’s the moment when we briefly consider if we really should press send or not.
Then those of us with foresight have set the Undo Send feature on our Gmail accounts to 30 seconds.
That way, after we have paused for thought and failed to think, we can second-guess ourselves and stop the email we may regret even after we have sent it.
Isn’t technology a lifesaver sometimes?
When you pause for thought, you take a moment to stop and think or reconsider something carefully because you have doubts.
The problem is that many times we don’t have doubts at the right time.
You see, first, you need to have doubts, then you have a pause for thought.
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If, after writing that email telling your boss how stupid he is and making fun of his bald head, you have no doubts about sending it, there is no pause for thought.
You may have an immediate sense of regret, though, after pressing send.
That’s why you should set the Undo Send feature to 30 seconds.
Not enough of us pause for thought, and too many of us feel regret later.
You may be wondering if I have ever been in this situation.
Yes, of course, I have.
That’s why I go one step further and almost always schedule my emails for an hour or two later.
That way, if I miss my opportunity to pause for thought, I have an hour or two to mull things over and determine if I really want to press send.
Take my advice, and train yourself to pause for thought.
That way, you won’t regret it later.
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This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 79.
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