I was sitting with a senior person from corporate India and discussing an important issue. Suddenly his mobile phone started ringing. He picked it up to see who's calling and immediately disconnected it.
Nothing special about this incident as it keeps happening with most of us; however, looking at it differently, it could be a demotivating experience for the person who'd called up.
Because, disconnecting a call means you're actually rejecting the caller. You may assume that he would understand why you couldn't pick it up: busy in a meeting etc.
However, deep down his unconscious mind, the caller would treat this action of yours as outright rejection for no reasons and this could pose a threat to your future relationship with him.
Humans always carve for acceptance and appreciation. Anything opposite, with no explanation, even if unintentional, could make them unhappy.
Why to take a chance and spoil good relations? Why to disconnect incoming calls when most of the mobiles have in-built call filtering application.
What you need to do is to create different groups according to their importance and activate the right one at the right time.
On my blackberry I have created a group for family members only and that includes mobile nos of my wife and two girls.
During an important meeting, I always activate this Family group. It means, my phone would start ringing only while receiving a call from one of those numbers and for all other calls it would remain in mute mode.
Once the meeting gets over, I go through the missed calls and call back at my convenience. So, I never have to disconnect an incoming call.
Disconnecting call may appear to be a simple issue, but could have a big repercussion on the health of any relationship. Why to invite unnecessary troubles, when you already have a free-of-cost solution available?
So configure call filtering application on your mobile phone and stop hurting others' feelings.Relationship at level is too precious to be ignored.
Nothing special about this incident as it keeps happening with most of us; however, looking at it differently, it could be a demotivating experience for the person who'd called up.
Because, disconnecting a call means you're actually rejecting the caller. You may assume that he would understand why you couldn't pick it up: busy in a meeting etc.
However, deep down his unconscious mind, the caller would treat this action of yours as outright rejection for no reasons and this could pose a threat to your future relationship with him.
Humans always carve for acceptance and appreciation. Anything opposite, with no explanation, even if unintentional, could make them unhappy.
Why to take a chance and spoil good relations? Why to disconnect incoming calls when most of the mobiles have in-built call filtering application.
What you need to do is to create different groups according to their importance and activate the right one at the right time.
On my blackberry I have created a group for family members only and that includes mobile nos of my wife and two girls.
During an important meeting, I always activate this Family group. It means, my phone would start ringing only while receiving a call from one of those numbers and for all other calls it would remain in mute mode.
Once the meeting gets over, I go through the missed calls and call back at my convenience. So, I never have to disconnect an incoming call.
Disconnecting call may appear to be a simple issue, but could have a big repercussion on the health of any relationship. Why to invite unnecessary troubles, when you already have a free-of-cost solution available?
So configure call filtering application on your mobile phone and stop hurting others' feelings.Relationship at level is too precious to be ignored.
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