Unless it's a bad time, my new goal is to pick up all phone calls and respond to them.
If it's an unsuitable time, I will pick up anyways and request that they call back. My goal is to not ignore messages.
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Although there must be a line somewhere because people like professors and company higher-ups have no time to respond to all inquiries... and if something is really urgent the caller will find another way to contact you (a la Don Knuth's no-email policy and how Sergey Brin only responds to his top k emails). So maybe I can compromise by picking up calls only when it's convenient, and responding to voice mails for missed calls. That way I am not obligating myself to call back every single missed call.
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