Avoiding Miscommunication in a Digital World
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Building Connections Through Face-to-Face Meetings
Every relationship that's predominantly virtual needs to be updated or reinforced every now and then with a face-to-face meeting. People would rather send them a text or an email than get up, take 10 steps and talk to them. Over a cup of coffee gets you to know the other person. It's really much, much simpler in the long run. We've evolved for millennia to be able to understand each other's intent quickly and effectively face-To-face. Think of that as a different kind of efficiency. Just clear out the inbox of all the misunderstandings and the mistaken intents and lack of clarity.
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