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Hate answering the phone? What about when others get YOUR calls? Learn how to make your calls something others will LOVE answering.

Recent stats show that on average you check your smart phone 150 times per day. Wow, that makes me tired. Even with all that obsessive checking, have you come to the place where you hate answering the phone?

When I was a young child my mom would caution me about saying I can't do something.

It was funny, she had a little saying,

Can't couldn't do it and Could did it all.

This saying has undoubtedly shaped my self esteem.

Perhaps I have learned to be over confident in areas that I'm inexperienced in but that little nudge of "you can do it" has provided miles of usefulness in my life and career.

At the beginning of my career in 1978 I felt a partnership was the only way I could get started.

 

I had limited resources and limited options. Or that is what I thought? I was 18 years old and very eager to start. Looking back I have few regrets but many words of caution...

Here are a just a few:

• Do you and your partner have similar ideals?
• Are your core values the same?
• Does integrity, honesty and character take first position?

Will you do the right thing regardless of what it cost you?

Where do you draw the line between cost and character? Is there a line? Are you for sale?

In the fast moving environment we find ourselves today business and personal decisions have to be made quickly. Often times I make choices that are best for me based on the financial implications that this situation dictates. However, is that always the determining factor?