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I thoroughly enjoyed your speech and found many new, useful ideas to use immediately in my business... That's a great presentation. Thanks!
--Rose Clayton

I wanted to pass along my personal thanks to you for speaking at our annual Program Manager's conference. All of the feedback that I received, both in person, as well as in writing, was overwhelmingly positive, and your talk was a big part of that! Thanks again, and I hope that we'll see you at a future Harris event.
--Amos Morse

Thank you for the kind words. Your presentation was the best of all outside presentations - everyone thought you were great! I look forward to the opportunity to put you in front of other clients of ours in the future.
--Jay

Tony's presentation had real impact. The points he made were not only relevant to our audience, they were delivered in a way to make them memorable and fun. It was great to have such an important topic delivered with punch as well as humor. His anecdotes were fabulous. Ask him about the pots and pans.
--Corrine Smith

Thanks so much for your presentation at NSA San Diego last week. It was the best combination of practical tips and inspiration that I have seen at an NSA meeting ever! Thanks again for your powerful message and willingness to spend so much time with those of us starting out.
--Jim Cartmill

Signal Your Time Shifts Before Misunderstandings Occur

What if you had a friend, who for years called you about once a week, and then, suddenly, stopped calling?

You would wonder whether you had said or done something to offend. Or whether he or she has lost your number. Or found a new friend he liked better.

The point is, because we tend to read messages into time changes, it is important to signal others when our time priorities change.

If your boss tells you that your work has reached such a high level that he's going to spend more time training newer staffers, wouldn't that be more reassuring than if he just started avoiding you?

Or: What if your financial planner stopped returning your phone calls for two weeks? Wouldn't he have saved you a lot of anxiety and hair pulling if he just e-mailed you -- ahead of time -- that he was going on vacation?

Show sensitivity to others by telling them if you are going to make a time-change.

- Do not leave for a trip or long absence without telling clients, customers, or co-workers that you will be gone or where you are going -- and who to contact in your absence.

- Do not leave in the middle of a conversation, phone call, or meeting without giving a good reason why.
(The same goes for answering call waiting on your phone!)

- Do not let an email or voice message go unanswered for more than a day -- unless you want people to think you are purposely ignoring them. (I know this can be hard -- but you really should try it!)

Signaling ALL of your time shifts will help you build more productive relationships and keep others from making the wrong assumptions about your priorities.