Rembrandt Belshazzar's Feast paintingLord Frederick Leighton Leighton Flaming June paintingRaphael La Belle Jardiniere painting
to compel the other person to want to speak with me. I felt it would be rude to contact multiple times without hearing a response.
My instincts were wrong. People are busy. Unless something is a personal priority, it can often take several messages, several contacts before you can get a response. And, when you do reach the person, they aren’t angry at your persistence, they are usually thankful for your extra persistence.
Although I learned this in fundraising, I believe it applies almost anywhere. How many times can you remember yourself stopping because you didn’t immediately receive a, “yes”?How Not to Be a spam Artist
I’ll admit, there is a danger here. Be too aggressive and you become a spam artist. You become the guy (or gal) who invites himself to parties where he isn’t wanted. You become the obnoxious Lothario who won’t back off.
I don’t think the solution is to just go in the middle ground. Whenever
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment