Hard Question To Answer

“I’ve got some questions for you, can you give me a call back?” asks the random stranger.

“I’d like to pick you brain, can you give me a call back?” asks another random stranger.

“I’d like to get your feedback on something I’ve been thinking about, can you give me a call back?” asks yet another.

No.

These are time sinks with no upside for any party.

I will happily (and do) give everyone five minutes of my time, once. But that five minutes comes with a hard limit.

And it comes with the expectation that I know ahead of time why you need to chat on the phone.