12 hours -time difference: A Boon or a curse? Part 1

12 hours -time difference: A Boon or a curse? Part 1

Imagine you are working till 11 pm and have a meeting fixed with a prospective client at 2.30 am your time, you wonder if you should continue to work or sleep for some time. Well, you chuck the idea of sleeping as you know you may not wake up on time.?

? Five minutes before the call, you receive an email from the prospective client requesting to shift the call by one hour. What would you do, postpone it or request another slot and call it a day??

?Imagine another scenario where the scheduled call gets canceled. Yes, you will be disappointed because of the change of plan and may be crib about it as you still have to wake up early in the morning for another call and there is no chance to catch up on your sleep later in the day.?

Can you guess what my reaction was? Read on to discover how I reacted.

Hey, hang on, before that let me clarify why was I taking the call at 2.30 am which is 3 pm in India. Well, I was in the USA and the prospective client was in India, and I was eager to close the deal. Mistake number 1, which I did at beginning of my tenure as the Chief Manager, i-TTO was to agree to such time slots to crack the deals, avoid losing the client, and maintain the relationships with the clients.?

? Why was I in the USA? To meet the person I married, Mr. husband, oops sorry Dr. Husband, (he is a Ph.D.). And Thanks to COVID, for two years of my tenure as Chief Manager, I did not have the chance to travel to India and meet anyone in person.

The above two scenarios that I shared, were real instances that happened to me. In the first case, I politely requested another slot on another day. I never got a reply back nor cracked the deal. For a few days, I kept feeling bad about it. This was Mistake number two, as I would brood over such situations. But later realized it wasn't meant to be, as those who wish to work will come back and connect.

? In the second scenario, it had happened to me earlier, so instead of wasting my time crying over the spilled milk, I just laughed it out and slept.

Lessons:

1. Pursue opportunities aggressively but let it go after one point in time
2. Don't burn your blood over the lost opportunities’, others will come up

Do you have any such instances to share?

Part 2 of this article will share insights on advantages, challenges, and the things you need to have or do to keep you going.

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