Off the Clock w/Jon Eks
My name is Jon Eks and I spent more than a decade talking to people about work on the award-winning Jon of All Trades Podcast. I’m sick of talking about work. I want to talk about everything else in our lives. Men are traditionally not good at this. So, I’m talking to people I love, respect, and admire. I’m trying to embody the axiom “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Expect candor, vulnerability, profanity, and a wide range of topics.
Off the Clock w/Jon Eks
#OTCQuickie: Grow Up and Answer the Phone
#OTCQuickies are mini solo episodes where I address a question or a topic in service of trying to be a good dude in the world. Today's topic is:
Grow Up and Answer the Phone
I feel like three fucking times a day I see a meme or a joke or a post about how people are afraid to answer the phone or how they never make calls or how anxiety-riddled phone calls are. My response: Grow up and get over yourself. What kind of dork ass baby are you?
Here are some reasons to be not afraid of the phone:
1. Talking to a friend is a quick dopamine hit.
2. Getting comfortable talking to strangers gets you great customer service, makes you fearless, and helps deepen your empathy for all sorts of people.
3. This self-imposed isolation has made our politics worse, coarsened the way we interact with each other, and been detrimental to society as a whole.
So get over yourself and don't be afraid of talking on the phone.
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