It’s a technology based world…with the instant gratification in many part of our lives…technology allows us to function this way but really is it always good business?

There are many occasions  where I will not hesitate to allow my phone to ring and send people to voicemail.

Is it wrong?  Bad business?  Not always.  I’m must have some old school ways of thinking….

• I believe the person in front of me at the moment is more important than the person on the phone in most cases.

• Sometimes I am in the middle of putting something together with the expectations of perfection by other parties and picking up the phone will only kill the concentration and the momentum and allow for costly mistakes.

• When it’s meal time there is nothing more unappealing than listening to someone chomp on their food or partake in a family dinner conversation while trying to conduct business on the phone.
• Solicitations…Solicitations…and sometimes as you are calling I am googling at the same time!

• Many times on the road I will not pick up the phone.

These are just a few of the occasions where I do not pick up the phone…I can tell you there are others depending on what I am doing, the day, date and the time.

With the speed of technology and the power of the web…we sometimes let technology take over our lives and jump through hoops and short change those who need our attention.

So if I do not pick up the phone…don’t take it personally..it might very well be…that I prefer to talk when there is enough time for a conversation or maybe I am in front of a person…and while technology moves at the speed of light…this old school trainer..admits…sometimes she does not!