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Does anybody talk to anybody any more?

Do you hide behind your email and use it as a way to avoid talking or meeting with someone? In business, relationships are key. Don't let your relationships be determined by key strokes!

It used to be that people relied upon voice mail to screen out unwanted conversations. While still in use, it is both primitive and limiting. 

Technology has provided an even more limiting filter for unwanted communication in the form of email. While there are substantial benefits in compressing and accelerating communication with the proper use of email, more and more users have constructed a barrier with email and are limiting direct contact through the email stream. Despite the many advantages of emails (and I am an incorrigible user) I find myself having numerous back and forth emails to cover a simple point that could be more effectively completed with one phone call. You know, actually talking person to person.

Oftentimes sensitive subjects require tact and confidentiality.  By sending an email, the receiver can't hear your voice tone and inflections.  A simple sentence can be construed in many ways - and not always the way you meant it to sound.  Plus, all the receiver needs to do is hit the forward button and it is on its way to who knows where.

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It might help us to remember that each email should have a point and it is ok to decide its purpose and whether actually talking with someone might better accomplish your goal.

In business, relationships are key.  It is hard to establish that relationship through voice mail and email. 

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