Evan Carmichael doesn't know his own cell phone number to block interruptions that kill focus. Only his family and agent have it, and they call only for emergencies. He says reclaiming your time forces others to respect it too.
I don't know my cell phone number. I love phones, I love my cell phone, I love the communication it provides, but I don't know my cell phone number because when people know your cell number, then they call you. And I don't like unscheduled interruptions. The cell phone, phone calls coming in, are one of the biggest interruptions that you can have in not only your business but your life. And I try to avoid it at all costs. So I don't know my cell phone number, so I can't give it out to anybody. Listen, when you're working on something, okay, you're working on a project and somebody calls you unscheduled, what happens? First of all, the phone, the ringing distracts you. And you try to get back to work, but the ringing distracts you. You wonder, who is it? Who's calling? So you gotta go check, right? You check your call display. Who is this person? You're like, ah, do I really wanna talk to this person or not? You know, you have to decide. Then you pick up the phone, if you do, you answer it, and even if it's a 10-minute conversation, now you're thinking about that person. You're thinking about what they want. And you've totally forgotten what you were doing before you answered the phone. So I prefer not having the phone ring at all. I don't want people calling me. I'm happy to do business over the phone, but not unscheduled calls. How long is it gonna take? Half an hour? 40 minutes? An hour to get back into the flow that you were at when that phone call happened? I don't want those kind of interruptions. I value my time, and you should value yours as well. The only people who have my phone number are my family and my agent, and they know only to call me when it's super important, right? If there's an emergency, you need to reach me, okay, I got my phone, you know how to reach me. But everything else, not super important, don't call me. Because I value my time in my business, but also my personal life. If I'm hanging out with my son, Or if I'm, you know, having some dinner with my family, I don't want people calling me. I don't want people interrupting that. I'm doing something. So value your time. Make it important. If you don't value your time, people are gonna walk all over you. If you don't respect your time, they won't respect it either. So make your time mean something. Do something important with your time. Stop picking up the phone. Stop giving out your cell number. And better yet, don't know your SIL number at all. Makes everything easier. Believe. For those of you watching, like the video, give it a thumbs up below. You wanna see more, you want more productivity tips, you got a question for me, ask me below in the questions, in the comments. I'll make a video response. Thank you so much, and I'll see you soon.
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