Creating a Do Not Ignore list

A recent phone change and address book purge got me thinking – should I create a “Do Not Ignore” list that would include all the callers whose call I would take under almost any conditions?

Here are the entries that came to mind

• Spouse, manager, chief of staff
• Immediate family and associated caregivers
• Neighbors
• Home protection and service staff
• Personal bankers, financial consultants, stockbrokers

And then I got to thinking about the calls from outside my immediate circle that I shouldn’t be ignoring:

• All my banks, credit cards, stock brokers, etc.
• The local police department
• The Internal Revenue Service
• The Center for Disease Control

So I guess that leaves non-immediate family and friends for the “regular calls” pile. Sounds about right…