Lemme tell you about my friend Jimmy from Lord Voltemort.
Jimmy got a call from a potential excellent client. He almost didn’t answer the call coz he left his AirPods at home and was up a ladder but hey he got there in the end. He was also mad that the phone rang coz he is “so busy right now”.
He heads to site that afternoon to meet the client. For all his procedural flaws, Jimmy sure is good with people. They meet and before long are talking like old friends.
“We can do this!” ”And this!!” “And some CCTV over there!” “And some lights downstairs on a timer” “New circuit for the big dogs sauna coming up!!” “Maybe I can jump in the sauna with you” “lolololololol” “Did we just become best friends!!” “JOHN STAMOS”
Jimmy leaves site super confident that he has the job, and potentially a new groomsmen for his upcoming wedding to Shauna which he should probably get moving on organising soon as they have been engaged for 16 years.
However Jimmy slots straight back into “busy work life” and forgets to get any correspondence back to the client. His head is down and his bum is up. Yeh sure he remembers he needs to get back to the client, it’s one of his core company beliefs, but he is seriously “waayyyy too busy” to even consider sending a text message or making a 5 minute call explaining when the quote will be sent over.
Flash forward 3 weeks and Jimmy finally prepares the quote at 10pm. He sends the quote over at 12:15am and then heads off to bed.
He still thinks he has the job in the bag coz him and the client got along so well. He looks forward to getting this job coz it’s a good one and he needs the work right now.
The following morning he calls the client “waaaasssssssssuuuppppppp!!!! I got the quote over, we can do it tomorrow we have space!”
The client politely lets Jimmy know that he had the works completed well over 2 weeks ago.
Jimmy apologises and looks down at his schedule, there is nothing booked for the next week as he hasn’t been getting back to people recently due to his inherent “busy-ness”.
Long story short: Jimmy should have landed the job when he had the chance.
Now, let me ask you a question: did you identify with any parts of Jimmy from Lord Voltemort?
If so, repent and change your ways or fear the eternal wrath of the electrical gods!!
Also, pretty sure Jimmy uses single sided ladders so don’t be like Jimmy.
Enjoy the pod xx