The Real Reason They Don’t Return Your Phone Calls, And What To Do About It

Never again wait around for a phone call that might never come.

Mike Goldberg
3 min readMar 21, 2022
Photo by Thom Holmes on Unsplash

I’m going to give you a very important piece of advice, and the sooner you can accept it, the better off you will be.

People do what they want.

That’s it. It’s that simple.

How important are you to them?

Many years ago I had a female friend. We had a pretty good friendship, but for whatever reason, she seemed to forget to return my phone calls.

One day, I decided to test this. I wish I hadn’t.

As I hung out with one of our mutual friends, I called her, and as I expected, I got her voicemail. I then grabbed his phone and called her about a minute later, and she answered right away. I was hurt, but I had my answer.

Why was this happening?

The answer is, it didn’t matter. When you find yourself in a situation like this, understand something: people do what they want. You’re just not that important to them. Don’t wish it was different. Don’t get angry.

Accept it right away and move on.

The power dynamic

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Mike Goldberg
Mike Goldberg

Written by Mike Goldberg

3x Top Writer | Traveler | Real estate investor | Storyteller | Occasional columnist | I talk about personal growth and seizing opportunities.

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