By Will Craig

by Will Craig

Your New Year is off to a flying start—and with your strong connection to coaching—I’m sure your plans and preparations are outrageous and compelling. Don’t let anything hold you back.

Momentum Stallers
Some of the things that can stall forward momentum faster than anything are telephone inquiries to companies that force you to interact with an automated machine. More and more, it seems, companies are doing all they can NOT to talk to their customers.

What passes for "customer service" these days drives me crazy. I especially have challenges with the endless "menus" of options, none of which seem to apply to me.

Here's something that will save you time, money, and frustration: Get Human This is a list of U.S. companies and their direct phone numbers that enable you to talk to a real, live human being... imagine that!

Here's the Code
Included in each listing is the sequence of keys to push to bypass the insipid menus (i.e., Press 0# at each prompt, ignoring messages -OR- Say "agent" at each prompt, ignoring messages). Try it! You'll feel like you've broken the code.

It's a nice little tool to add to your info economy toolbox. Be sure to Forward this article along to your friends and clients. We can all use the extra momentum in reaching our goals this year!