Successful People Never Bring Smartphones Into Meetings

 Do you check your phone for text messages or emails during business meetings?

• 86% think it’s inappropriate to answer phone calls during formal meetings

• 84% think it’s inappropriate to write texts or emails during formal meetings

• 75% think it’s inappropriate to read texts or emails during formal meetings

• 66% think it’s inappropriate to write texts or emails during any meetings

• At least 22% think it’s inappropriate to use phones during any meetings

Why do so many people—especially more successful people—find smartphone use in meetings to be inappropriate? It’s because when you access your phone it shows:

• Lack of respect. You consider the information on your phone to be more important than the conversation in the meeting; you view people outside of the meeting to be more important than those sitting right in front of you.

• Lack of attention. You are unable to stay focused on one item at a time; the ability to multitask is a myth.

• Lack of listening. You aren’t demonstrating the attention and thinking that is required of truly active listening.

• Lack of power. You are like a modern day Pavlovian dog who responds to the beck and call of others through the buzz of your phone.

মিটিংয়ের সময় Smartphone ব্যবহার আপনার পুরো মনযোগ বিনষ্ট করে। তাই এই যন্ত্রটিকে ব্যবহার না করে দরকারী মিটিংয়ে মনযোগী হোন। আপনার অফিস এতে লাভবান হবে। আর আপনিও Smart অফিসার হবেন, সন্দেহ নাই।

Ref: Forbes Magazine

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