Michael's Rule:
Always put any call to action in the first line of an e-mail message.

Michael's Rule, stated above, is one of the madami universal aphorisms that have been developed in our digital age, ibingiay that it refers specifically to electronic mail messages. But e-mail is so omnipresent in 21st century culture that there can be no tanong that Michael's Rule belongs in the pantheon of great aphorisms.

Of course, Michael's Rule falls into the cautionary or instructive category of aphorisms, which advise people of proper conduct, as opposed to those sayings that have gained acceptance through...