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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. I do more than 700 phone calls, not emails, to clients on their birthdays each year.

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How To Be A Good Mentee: Everything You Need To Know

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If an email only mentions grabbing coffee, it may seem less pressing. Maybe it’s a monthly meeting over coffee or 20-minute phone calls every other week. A mentor is there to give advice when you need it most, and sometimes that advice can be shared on a quick call or a single question email. I was just starting out.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

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Gerber, 38, now a serial entrepreneur and author of Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter , published in 2018, has become an evangelist for entrepreneurship, particularly for resourceful young go-getters who may not be cut out for life as cubicle dwellers.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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A 2018 article published in the Labor Law Journal looked at the legal implications of working after-hours, discussing how smartphones give employees easy access to their work emails at all hours of the day. For many employees, the workday does not end when they leave the office,” the authors wrote. The breakdown of work-life balance.

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Will Joining the 5 AM Club Change Your Life?

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I blazed through his 2018 book, The 5 AM Club , in a few days before speaking with him. and start cranking on those emails before any of your co-workers and competitors? because following Sharma’s plan means my phone stays in another room. No checking emails, tweets, Instagram or text messages. Exercise, reflect, grow.

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This Is How You Can Get Better at Reading People

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It also includes every way you communicate, whether it’s in person, by phone, by email, by text or on social media. This article originally appeared in the February 2018 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. That includes everyone, whether it’s an audience, a colleague, your spouse, your kids or a customer.

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I Tried Napping Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned About Toxic Hustle Culture

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I set daily alarms on my phone so I wouldn’t forget to sleep, or worse, make the mistake of oversleeping. If I didn’t nap in time, I would lie there forever missing important emails and sacrificing deadlines. I can feel the blue light from my phone threatening my sleep most nights. on weekdays for 30 minutes or less.

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