A Powerful Mindset That Will Help You Deliver Oustanding Customer Service
It’s nearly impossible to adopt this way of thinking and do less than your best
Have you ever provided less than the best customer service you were capable of, and later you looked back upon it and regretted it?
I sure have.
For years I had a job where customer service was not the main component of my work, but I did have to do it once or twice a day. I have to admit, I could get a little annoyed when the phone rang. Often I was in a good flow state working on my main responsibilities, and the call was an interruption.
I’d spend 5 or 10 or 15 minutes helping the caller, however long it took, and the call would end. After it was over, I would sometimes think, “I was more interested in getting that person off the phone than I was genuinely helping them.”
Then I’d think, “That customer is one of the people who pay my salary. That customer is the reason I have a nice apartment, a car that runs well, and plenty of possessions. And I didn’t help them as fully as I could have. Maybe I don’t deserve to have this job.”
Then one day, a comment in a meeting changed the way I look at customer service. Perhaps it will do the same for you.
