Mobiles - Your Mobility to Success
The Next Mobile Phone:
In the corporate world many of the important career decisions are influenced by one's own personality. This is not something the external world does it to us but, our own creation in our career path. Right perception with right attitude creates the right environment for individuals.
How an individual carry himself personally, with his Boss, peers, and to the larger office, positively influences his growth, salary, friends circles and his ability to create a circle of influence etc.,
Mobiles phones are one of the most important office essential nowadays. Therefore, Let us see how mobile phones can be used to create a right persona of an individual.
Buying choices in Mobiles:
When you are making a choice to buy a mobile phone, it is not necesary that, you have to buy a high budget phone. But the important aspect is, Are you buying the right phone for you? The right colour, size of the phone, RAM, Storage space, external connectivity with other gadgets etc.,
While it is preferable that, we have one phone each for office and personal use, the upkeep of the phone is very very important. That adds to your larger personality.
Upkeep of Mobiles:
Any gadget which is neat and clean immediately attracts our attention. but Broken glasses, weary look and unwanted scratches will not add good points to your persona.
Ensure the phone is rightly wrapped with a nice leather or artificial leather pouch. This will safeguard against accidental fall and damage. This will also give a great look to your office or work station.
Always keep the phone dust free and ensure to clean them daily. A dusty look of your office space along with your personal gadgets will give you lot of negative points to your personality.
The hidden story is simple - You are always under watch - Be it your boss, subordinates peers or clients.
Some Etiquettes around Mobiles:
While it is nice to see the external aspects of the personality, it is always pertinent to look at the niceties of how to carry ourselves? A blarring noice from the phone does not augur well to your personality as a manager. A choicest selection of a ring tone, hello tune which soothes to ears, are important in an office environment.
In the meeting space, it is always nice to put the phone on mute or on bike mode so that, the incoming call does not distract an important meeting.
Similarly do not have too many phones in your jackets or trousers and the ideal place for a big sized phone is not your shirt packet. Also do not buy a tablet for office use, if you are carrying them all around the office. Too many phones, Too big sized phones will not help you in your professional life.
Takeaways:
Being under watchful eyes of humans all around, our personality create a perception
Look at what you carry in terms of accessories to your office and also how do you carry yourself
While minimalism is a welcome step, making right choices and use them effectively are very important
Technology changes every day and it is not necessary to buy it on day one. But buy it, when you need it.
A Manager need to create respect and following. Therefore, it is necessary to relook at our personality once in a while.
Frequent change of phones are not necessary but upkeep of the phones. 3 year old mobile looks better as compared to one bought 3 months before!