Six Rules to Maximize Your Cell Phone Productivity

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Six Rules to Maximize Your Cell Phone Productivity
by Steve Marr

Cell phones are a great tool for boosting personal productivity - keeping you in touch with customers, the office, and your family. Effective use of your cell phone will enhance your business, but poor habits can quickly become a trap. Follow these six basic rules and you'll enjoy the advantages of enhanced technology while avoiding the pitfalls:

Rule # 1: Control your calls

Don't be compulsive and answer every call, anywhere, anytime. Keep the phone turned off during family time and non-business hours to avoid losing your personal balance.

Rule # 2: Focus on your face-to-face customers

When you're with customers or colleagues, give them your undivided attention.

Rule # 3: Stay in business meetings

Never allow a call to interrupt a meeting.

Rule # 4: Control your costs - and be considerate

Even the best calling plans cost money - and time. Be a good steward of your time, and the time of others, by keeping your calls on target. Don't make calls just because you have "free minutes" or free time.

Rule # 5: Do one thing at a time

Don't engage in complex conversations while driving, or while doing anything else. Even if you can keep your car on the road, you can't give your customer or colleague your full attention and offer your best perspective if you are doing two things at once.

Rule # 6: Keep your calls private

When you talk on your cell phone in a public place, everyone within earshot is a potential eavesdropper. Talking loudly in restaurants, movie theaters, and other public places is also rude.

[Word2Action]

These rules should come included when buying a cell phone. People should learn manners seriously!

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Originally Posted by Word2Action

These rules should come included when buying a cell phone. People should learn manners seriously!

word2action, i actually hope that each cellphone user is required to recite these rules as a mantra every waking day of their life so that they are most likely to apply them when using their phones. oh, there has been more than a time i have encountered people violating one or more of these rules!

[destiny_star2006]

Thanks for that huge list Felice very infomative well done!!