1. Use your phone
for your convenience
Let me say it again: Use your phone for your convenience! The telephone
is here to serve you, and not you to serve the phone. It is meant as
an enhancer and a pleasure for you. Some "callees" respond
to the ring as if they were subordinate to an imaginary bell rung by
an imaginary master… Take back your power!
2. Listen to
your inner phone
It will tell you when to pick up the phone or let it go to voice mail,
also when to dial a number, and have someone real answer on the other
side. This tip is especially helpful when calling someone very busy
or hard to reach.
3. Dare not returning
a call
What is your truth with returning Harry's phone call? Do you really
want to talk to him? Are you ready for this exchange? Silence is at
times a greater courtesy than words, to yourself and others.
4. Screen your
calls
Allow yourself to truly be meditating, or to listen to Liszt's Rhapsody,
or to write that letter without being interrupted. Also never answer
the phone, if you do not feel like yourself. It will only create more
cleaning up to do… Only exception; if it is your coach, or your
inspiration anchor!
5. Build your
communication muscle
At the time when stress is considered a number 1 offender, taking a
day off from any phones may just be what will allow any communication
to "build powerfully." Just like in strength exercises, one
pushes to the limits of stress, and then rest before the second set,
taking a day off will allow you to become an athlete i
in voice exchange.
6. Put a smile
in your voice
Time off will also naturally "put a smile in your voice,"
which is a key rule in phone selling. Truth is that after taking time
off from answering, and refraining to call when you are in a negative
space, you will genuinely want to communicate smiling.
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7. Listen and
ask
Once you make sure that YOU are ready and prepared for a communication,
also listen to see if the receptive part is as ready as you are. A good
entrance may be: Hi, this is Pat. Is this a good time? The person on
the other side, grateful for your thoughtfulness, will either talk to
you then, or willingly arrange for another time.
8. Trust
Trust is a big component in using phones. Pay attention to the personality
who is answering: is it the secretary, the mother, the lover, the miser?
Is there any part there that is needy for communication? What can you
do to fulfill that part before you run to the phone?
9. Learn patience…
Treat all your contacts with utmost respect. If they should not return
your call immediately, give them the space to have a day off the phone,
or simply the space to want and be ready to communicate with you. Look
at this experiment as strengthening your not taking anything personally.
10. Join spiritual
listening to the practical
And make sure your system is operational: nothing worse than statics
or poor reception when you are intending to connect to someone. ON the
same line (pun intended!) if you are using fax machines, or voice mails,
make
certain all are properly connected.
