In Heroes and Hero Worship (1841), Carlyle identified the talents, skills, and physical characteristics of men who rose to power. Galton's Hereditary Genius (1869) examined leadership qualities in the families of powerful men.
More mature users (those over 51 years of age) took an average of 47 minutes and 40 words before pressing send on their replies. Men jump on their emails slightly faster than women, taking 24 minutes to respond compared to 28 minutes. Both sent an average of about 30 words per email. People replied from their phones faster than from their tablets (28 minutes compared to 57 minutes.) Email responses from tablets faster were than on desktops which took an average of 62 minutes.
But when I do that, I canât be so responsive. I recently read an article about white house workers that emphasized that responsiveness- such as answering emails immediately- was a key trait in these workersâ success. Iâm wondering about proper business email etiquette and how long I can wait before responding to email at work. One study showed that it takes most people 25 minutes to fully reengage with a task they were focused on after responding to email.