How to Do Business with Extremely Busy People

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Email is often a crappy medium for doing business anyway – pick up the phone and call the busy person’s office if you aren’t able to get ahold of them via email

People seem to be one way or the other on this. Personally, I hate blocking communication like phone calls and visits, especially when busy. I think a busy person's time is most respected with non-blocking queries.

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