Preview β The Goal
π― The Goal: 'Hey' β¦ and then nothing. The standalone greeting is the most quietly hated message on the internet: it forces the recipient to do all the conversational lifting ('heyβ¦ what's up?'), traps them in ping-pong small talk, and β with busy people β often just never gets answered. The fix is one habit: FRONT-LOAD THE CONTEXT. Greeting + reason + specific question, all in the first message, so anyone can read once and reply once.