If you do not know someone — if you haven’t established a working relationship with them — you should never send them a Calendly link.
For those of you who don’t know what Calendly is, let’s break down how it works. It’s basically a link to someone’s schedule, and they’ll have a list of open slots where you can reserve a half-hour or so of their time for a meeting.
When faced with problems, as humans we like to knee-jerk a hundred eighty degrees in the opposite direction. Faced with vanity and self-obsession, we like to condemn good looks. Faced with greed and hedonism, we like to condemn financial success. Faced with sloth and incompetence, we like to condemn relaxation. Faced with overwork and exhaustion, we like to condemn work. Of course, this doesn’t really make any sense. It’s never accurate to judge one swing of the pendulum by the extent of the counter-swing. In this maelstrom of polarities and counterpoints, society has developed into relying almost entirely upon ad hominem attacks. We are no longer judging the usefulness of a thing by the thing itself, but by who does…
It’s August.
Reports say New York City has lost or is going to lose nearly one-third of its small businesses.
The $3,000 to $4,000 per month that over 33 million people are claiming from unemployment has just ended…for now.
1 million new unemployment claims are being filed each week.
Logistics companies lost 33% of their revenue in the past quarter. Entire industries like travel and hospitality have essentially flatlined.
By all accounts, something very bad is happening or is on the cusp of happening.