Coffee & Catch up

Coffee & Catch Up.

That's the title of so many messages I've received over the past 6 months, from all kinds of people.  People I know very well, people I'm acquainted with, people that haven't connected with me in over a decade, and lots of random folks.  

At first, (since I was feeling more like a helpful advising socialite between January and April 2017), it was really nice.  I tried to do at least one a day.  I felt like that was a good way to stay in touch and/or meet new people.

​But then...  it got out of hand really fast.  Coffee & Catch Up turns out to be code for, "I want something from you."  

And now, when I see various folks write those messages that say, "No, I don't check nor respond to LinkedIn messages." --> I get it.  I'm now officially, 62,003 messages UNread in my inbox.  How's that possible?  Did you know people will auto-subscribe people to all kinds of update emails?  I'm now asking my VA to manually unsubscribe me from anything that's not an actual email to me.

I sit down for a quick sync with an investor, and then you get question after question about, "what coins should I buy now?", "I think I want to do an ICO, too", "will you advise my friend's startup that wants to do an ICO?", or hey, "I think I deserve to get paid more, in ETH or STORM Tokens please".

Advice?  Be upfront and fast.  1) Hi, I want ____ from you, and 2) I can be valuable to you by ____.  Interested?  Coffee & Catch Up is just way too generic and passive.  I still believe people want to help each other, just don't make the person you're asking for help from think too much.  Make it easy to give.

​--Arry