If you want someone to respond to you, that’s a terrible way to get a response. Think about it.

Now I, the respondent, must wonder when I’m available:

• I click to open the calendar;

• I think about the date;

• I think about what needs to NOT be a priority so that I can speak to you;

• I click to move my calendar around;

• I click back into my email to write you a reply (if I have that energy).

If you are really serving others, make things easy for them. Consider, “I’ll call you tomorrow afternoon to review.”

Now, I, the respondent, must:

• Look at tomorrow afternoon,

• Respond to you when I’d rather you call.

In the latter option, I - the respondent, am thinking about when we’ll chat next versus if we’ll chat.

Inspired by too many people asking me to tell them when I want to connect next.