One day you wake up in a great mood, you have the day off, you have some errands and places to be in to do some of your administrative work, let’s say paying a bill or submitting a document to your bank and inquire about some offers.

You finish your  morning workout, have a delicious breakfast, watched some TV, dressed up and headed to your destination; It was a beautiful sunny day, and nothing seems to make you thin otherwise.

You reach to your destination and you find a long queue; normally you would start complaining but not today, you’ll be happy to be standing in the queue, and start to connect and smile at everyone… You reached to the clerk after some 20 minutes of waiting, and your turn is there, and you started sharing the positive vibes to that wonderful person sitting before you… But unlike you have expected, the response was not very “welcoming”… That person didn’t smile back, and he or she was not in the mood to even listen to your description of the lovely weather… and Instead he gently (but firmly) ask you to stop talking outside the point of your visit… And the flow starts getting down from there, the glass is half empty, and there are several missing items and you know what… You’re back in the line or even had to go back another day…

Is this week’s tip about Positive energy? or how to deal with negative welcoming people?  No it’s not… It’s simply about Understanding that just because you’re in a specific mood, the other person shouldn’t necessarily share your enthusiasm and that would directly impact the efficiency and productivity in both directions.

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
― John Lennon

The above quote by JL, would make you think about what was he smoking when he said that, or how motivating… depending on the mood 🙂

Now although there is no magic trick to make you know when is the right time to talk to your colleague, client or vendor to get things done… Here’s a small trick I use; (Try this for a week and see the result for yourself)

• Try to call someone you need an urgent response from, Right Before Lunch
• Try to Pass by someone you need something done from, Right Before the End of the Schedule
• Go very early and be the first person in Line

When the other person is still Sleepy, is hungry, Tiered  , they have more tendency to finish your request (as fast as possible and) in a very efficient way!

I once passed by X Embassy to apply for a visa at 1:55 PM (when the closing time is 2:00 PM), and guess what, the entire process took exactly 3 minutes!!

And not only this would help you out tremendously, being the first person in line & going early would certainly give you more Buffer to ask more questions and respond to any missed requirement.

Have a nice week!

SC

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Samer Chidiac is a Sr. Strategist, Author & an International Innovation Expert.

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