I think if you have stated your communication preference, and people still send voicemails, that has got to be annoying. I can understand how some people prefer voicemails because it's a middle ground to doing a call, and it feels like there's more of a human connection with hearing a voice. It is annoying when every message is a voicemail when now you can voice to type. The most frustrating thing for me is when people know I hate calls, and they'll call me anyway, with their first line being, "I know you hate calls but..." Boundaries are a real thing! :)
🤯 wow wow wow another head crack from Marc 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️ . This is so so good I never looked at it that way . I definitely DONOT want to waste others times specially when so many people are busy . Thanks for this I needed to hear it I will put more time into writing my statement wow you ROCK . This can truly change the dynamics to so much wasted energy and time for everyone. Plus the fact like you said you can go over it again and again to make sure you are understanding what a person is saying . Thank for another really really important business advice
I definitely see the value in a phone call so I think Mark Cuban may be going a little overboard 😂, but totally with you on the writing>voice memo thing. I hate voice memos. I've done them once or twice when it made sense to do it, but generally type and hate it when people send voice memos.
This is the only article you've written I disagree with. I love Mark Cuban's reasoning for keeping a record to remember and I'm against powerpoints like Besos, but when it comes to the voicenote, it's the closest tool we have to actually speaking in person. Communication is more than words; it's tone, cadence, emphasis, energy, and all around vibe. Getting a human on the phone or in person is nearly impossible these days and a voicenote allows for human spontaneity and maybe even a spark of genius. Talking it out is not just for the receiver, it also helps a listener work through an idea. You don't have to send a voicenote on the first try, you can record again and again until it's worth sending. Sometimes the tone of a voice conveys what text cannot. The other day, I found myself writing an extremely long and detailed text that outlined some ideal deliverables and timelines. While it was not my intent, I completely overwhelmed the receiver in a way that my vocal tone could have expressed more thoughtfully. Our modern communication styles need to still be human.
I think if you have stated your communication preference, and people still send voicemails, that has got to be annoying. I can understand how some people prefer voicemails because it's a middle ground to doing a call, and it feels like there's more of a human connection with hearing a voice. It is annoying when every message is a voicemail when now you can voice to type. The most frustrating thing for me is when people know I hate calls, and they'll call me anyway, with their first line being, "I know you hate calls but..." Boundaries are a real thing! :)
🤯 wow wow wow another head crack from Marc 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️ . This is so so good I never looked at it that way . I definitely DONOT want to waste others times specially when so many people are busy . Thanks for this I needed to hear it I will put more time into writing my statement wow you ROCK . This can truly change the dynamics to so much wasted energy and time for everyone. Plus the fact like you said you can go over it again and again to make sure you are understanding what a person is saying . Thank for another really really important business advice
Informative and insightful, thank you for sharing.
I definitely see the value in a phone call so I think Mark Cuban may be going a little overboard 😂, but totally with you on the writing>voice memo thing. I hate voice memos. I've done them once or twice when it made sense to do it, but generally type and hate it when people send voice memos.
Oh my god, thank you. I thought I was the only one who hates them!!!
I just checked out the mentoring platform you mentioned, Wisen. And I joined at the free level. It looks amazing.
i'm all for absolutely no useless meetings. but truthfully, i do love a good voicenote.
This is the only article you've written I disagree with. I love Mark Cuban's reasoning for keeping a record to remember and I'm against powerpoints like Besos, but when it comes to the voicenote, it's the closest tool we have to actually speaking in person. Communication is more than words; it's tone, cadence, emphasis, energy, and all around vibe. Getting a human on the phone or in person is nearly impossible these days and a voicenote allows for human spontaneity and maybe even a spark of genius. Talking it out is not just for the receiver, it also helps a listener work through an idea. You don't have to send a voicenote on the first try, you can record again and again until it's worth sending. Sometimes the tone of a voice conveys what text cannot. The other day, I found myself writing an extremely long and detailed text that outlined some ideal deliverables and timelines. While it was not my intent, I completely overwhelmed the receiver in a way that my vocal tone could have expressed more thoughtfully. Our modern communication styles need to still be human.
You’re describing a behavioral problem, but the deeper failure may be the protocol: sending is nearly free, while receiving carries all the cost.
Instead of asking people to be more disciplined, what if the system moved the friction back to the sender?