It's annoying. It can cause problems. It's disruptive. It's rude.

Sometimes it works so that encourages them to keep doing it.

But I say there are other ways to market and it's time to ban telemarketing.

Marketing is about getting the word out about your offering and building permission to supply more information. That is selling. Let people know you exist and what you do. Then obtain their permission to interact.

Interrupting my work day with some blather about ...
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What is going on?

I think the myth we are supposed to believe goes like this: When times get tough, we all pull together.

I'm sure not seeing that.

Yesterday I had a conversation with an executive about an employee taking a supposed false disability leave. The question for me was, "doesn't that show the other employees how to get away with a phoney disability? What can I do?"

Is it that bad? I told him that if ...
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I am very tired of dealing with business people facing serious consequences telling me, "it will all work out."

The hell. That is a shallow, lousy excuse for not digging in and fixing what needs to be fixed even if you have no idea where to start!

Just start!

When facing a difficult time, you have the best chance of improving the outcome by taking action, not by hoping everything will simply work out.

Sure, keep your faith, ...
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I need to get this off my chest.

"ish" time is not real time and has no place in business.

It is wrong to make an appointment or schedule a phone call for 4ish. I do not like waiting by the phone, unable to start anything else while I wait until 4:30 for a call that was supposed to happen at 4. You may not schedule my time on ish time.

It is important in business to ...
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