You have matters to deal with for your project, you're short on time, and you want to make a big splash into a long couple weekend. So, drop a bunch of long winded VM's to your clients; they'll love it, right? Nonsense! They'll hate you for it. a voice mail full of information and demands makes no one comfortable, especially when we've all got a lot going on, perhaps managing multiple gigs, and find it easier to react to an email than to deciphering someone's unplanned, gibberish on the phone.
...and while you're at it...
Spend quality time getting the week's status report out for your projects via email. Give your team a high five for a job well done - make 'em feel loved and excited for some much needed down time. Do you know where all of your folks are going? Who's working which days? Who's on point to provide any support, if needed? You did inject non-working days into your contract, yeah, if you intend to disappear for the rest of the week...and lastly, don't be a slimy Holiday junkie, spamming every client you've ever known with another Happy Holidays mail.
Those of us who really do intend to step away, hang up the iPhone, and chill will have enough emails to attend to on Mon morning.
Happy Holidays!
-Paul
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