So My job depends on my phone. connectivity is king (No, I’m not a male prostitute, but I’d like to be!
). Anyway, I have to work my phone because its my source of income. When my old one dies, I’m typically at the Apple store within the hour to purchase another one and get it up and running.
With that said, I’ve had honest situations where I couldn’t keep an appointment. Something pops up at the last minute. Just recently, I couldn’t keep an appointment with a potential sugar baby because I had to take my brother had to go to the hospital. Fortunately, she’s ok with that and we rescheduled.
Another example, I have a out of town meeting next week that if successful, will determine years of revenue. It’s significant with a large company. Think I want to take a chance to miss that meeting? Hell no! I’m leaving the afternoon before. Even though I could fly out in the morning, go to the meeting, then fly home that evening. I’m not taking any chances on aircraft issues. And I’m not even talking about Southwest or American. I got stuck in a small town because my private jet had mechanical issues and I had to wait until another could be flown in to get me home. I should have been home by 5, I didn’t get home until 10:00 pm. Had that been the other way around and I missed that meeting, I would have lost out on a ton of business.
I tell this story because anytime something is important (like a potential customer or a current customer who is a source of income), then we should do all we can to be there and be in contact. If for some reason I lost my phone today, I could answer calls on my watch, my iPad, or my MacBook. I’m covered until I get my phone replaced or repaired. I get to meetings early, even if it means leaving the night before. But that ethic is also the reason why I can afford the things I can afford and enjoy the company of young women who for the most part (when they figure out what I can do for them), jump through hoops to see me. The ones that lose their numbers, bump me for someone else, etc. well, that’s their loss.