Conversations are under-rated

The electronic era has taken us by storm. There is email, Internet as well as land line phones, mobiles, answer machines (for each one), blackberries, i-phones, i-pods and electronic every things all designed to make our life easier and faster.

Do they? Do they save us time? With the emergence of all these tools, not to mention all the social networking (twitter, blogs, Facebook etc) its easy to find yourself constantly checking all these different modes of communication and not actually get any work done. This is where those who don't procrastinate differ to procrastinators and time wasters. They set aside a certain amount of time to spend on all their favourite electronic gadgets and GET THINGS DONE the rest of the time. Set time aside to complete tasks and see how you'll fly through your to do list.

There is however a far more sinister side to all this electronic-gadgetry. They stop us from doing the one thing that most people want...TALK. We send emails and notes too confirm things and organise events/meetings that we could have done by picking up the phone or walking around to the other person's office. People like to talk. Especially about themselves. So if you are in business and want to build relationships and grow business in this slightly tougher period.....TALK to your clients. You'll be amazed.