A friend of mine told me last week that he changes his phone number \u00a0once a year because too many people get it, then give it out to too many other people. I knew his number had changed because I’d tried to call him and the guy who answered said “I don’t know who (insert name here) is, but I sure get alot of telephone calls for him.” Now I know why.<\/p>\n
My friend is a popular speaker in his field and author in his genre. My guess is he speaks to a few hundred thousand people a year. So he’s kinda big time, or at least a big fish in the pond he swims in. I can imagine that his number might easily get passed by people who want other people to know that they are “in” because they have (insert big time speaker \/ author’s name here) personal cell phone number. Me? Heck, I could put mine on billboards and nobody would call me.<\/p>\n
Some people advertise their cell phone number on their business card. Others of us don’t. I don’t because my phone is with me all the time and I don’t always want to be accessible to every Tom, Dick & Harry. My office and home numbers are public. If someone wants me they can leave me a message at the office and I’ll decide how to respond. That’s how I keep control of who has my cell number.<\/p>\n
All this brings me to a little matter of etiquette. Do you keep other folks private info private? You should.<\/p>\n
Call me and ask for somebody’s cell phone number, and I’m going to be pretty particular about whether I give that number out.<\/p>\n
You should be, too. When you get to be big time, you’ll appreciate others doing the same for you.<\/p>\n
Hey Ed, call me. I’d call you , but I don’t have your new number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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