Email in the workplace

Communication in the workplace is usually done in one of two form:

Face-to-face

Technology assisted.

The latter is compromised of communication of the phone or by email. The most cryptic of these would be email. Since 80% of communication occurs non-verbally, you can imagine how much of your point gets across in the form of type. Therefore, it is of utter importance that you are clear and definitive in your email. It is important that your spelling is on point since a mistake of this nature multiples your appearance as an incompetent a thousand fold.

I find it challenging to accomplish this at all times. I pride myself on my sense of humor, and it's my quick smile and friendly joke that usually help smooth things over with co-workers, so having to keep *all* my emails on a professional level will be daunting.