Thema: Conquer the Telephone & Its Interruptions
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The Wholesale Cell Phones is a tool that can be a wonderful time saver, or a great time waster. You need to remember to make it you servant, not your master....you can and must take control of it, or suffer the wasteful consequences.
A good idea is to schedule time to deal efficiently with all phone calls as a group, not take them individually, at unexpected times. First, you should avoid the knowledge of an incoming call. Choose a method that suits your personality and your work situation.
Ask your secretary to hold all your calls, then ask for a review or message slips at a time of your choosing, once or twice per day, allowing yourself time to return those which are important, or to give instructions for your secretary to handle the response.
If possible, your secretary should be located at a distance from you that you never hear the phone ring, or hear him/her talking on the phone.