This is Help Wanted, the show that makes your work work for you. I'm Jason Pfizer,

editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine.

And I'm money expert Nicole Lappin. On Tuesdays, Jason and I answer the helpline and help

callers solve their work problems. And on Thursdays, I give you one way to improve your work and build a career or company you love.

And it starts now.

Okay, be honest. How responsive are you?

You know, responsive to friends, colleagues, even strangers,

how often do you get back to people?

Well, okay, be honest.

Have you ever previously thought about that

until I asked you right now because you really

should. I have been thinking a lot about this lately because of Artie

Sandstone. He is a talented pop artist in entrepreneur and he recently emailed me about responsiveness.

Because as he said, and I agree, it is more important than people realize.

Here's a little bit of what he wrote me. He said, I find responsiveness to be one of the qualities I value most in people and some of the best leaders and people I know are responsive. On the flip side, so many people I love and respect

seem to place responsiveness on a lower level of importance.

Why?

It requires little talent and adds so much value.

Okay, that's what already wrote.

And like I said, I agree.

Responsiveness might be the easiest, simplest thing that you can do to make people happy

to show them respect and to create new opportunities.

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