We could all say sorry a lil less and nix a few smiley faces. Because in reality, how often are you actually “sorry to bother” someone? Swap that out for “hey buster, let’s move on this.”

Emailing while female, millennial, and low on the totem pole can make for a lot of communication issues. Bring the same confidence to a Slack confrontation that you do to a Thanksgiving dinner with your out-of-touch uncles.