We all make a distinction between manager and leader. I wonder if that is enough. But lately I start to wonder if there should be one more step added. For those how made it above the typical manager but are still not a leader. (And some never will be…)

What do you think?

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My phone rings; some company on the line. They already left me voice mails with background music. What a nice way to “win” a customer!

So anyway, the lady tells me they sent me some stuff. I say: “I am not interested.” That doesn’t bother her and she keeps on talking. Rather annoyed that my decline wasn’t good enough I tell her: “I have no time.”

That’s when she tells me that it only takes 30 seconds.

Does it mean 30 seconds of my time are to no value for me? Isn’t it funny how often people value our time? It will only take… And what if it takes more? And what about the time you loose because you lost your thought?

Do you tell others it only takes a few seconds?

Or do you ask first: “Do you have some time?” It seems to me that the later question really has become a dinosaur.

What do you think? — If you have the time

Tags: 30 seconds annoyed background music bother decline dinosaur i am not interested i have no time people value our time phone rings question time voice mails your time