Can you relate to this? You’re at a luncheon with someone. You’ve planned it for a long time. You’ve got very important business topics to address. Yet, every chance you get to talk about real business — going beyond the small talk — your luncheon partner has a phone call come through, is interrupted with a notification chiming, or decides she has to make “just this one call.”
Perhaps you should call from the other side of the table to get some attention!
This is a problem I hear about regularly in my travels around the country and the world. We love our digital smartphones. They provide an enormous benefit to stay in touch, get work done from anywhere, and make life better, at least most of the time.
Yet, how do we focus on people when it is necessary and still not miss that important notification about an urgent client matter? Here are some tips that can help you if you’re struggling to make it all work in today’s technology-abundant world
