Watch That Cell Phone!

Article Date: July 31, 2006

Fellow salespeople... watch out for "cell-phone addiction." The symptoms... picking the phone up to see who is calling every time it vibrates/rings.  Interrupting a conversation with anyone to take a call... the ultimate slap in the face.  Taking calls constantly while golfing, at dinner or while on vacation.

Remember this.  For the most part (and there are always exceptions), the most important people in business, the real leaders, are not addicted to their cell phones.  So in reality, jumping when the phone rings is a sign of servitude, not power... the opposite impression most of us would like to send to our clients, colleagues and friends!

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