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Fear of Being Without Your Mobile Tools for Real Estate? You Might be Nomophobic!: 02/21/2012
Fear of Being Without Your Mobile Tools for Real Estate? You Might be Nomophobic!
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Are you guilty of checking your mobile device every 30 seconds, hoping for texts/calls/messages/tweets from your clients or leads and trying to achieve real estate success? Do you literally feel lost without your iPhone, or other mobile tools for real estate by your side at all moments? A study recently published in London suggests that a new phobia is one the rise across the globe: nomophobia.
What is nomophobia? Nomophobia (abbreviation for “no-mobile-phone-phobia”) is the fear of being out of mobile contact. Research shows that more and more people fear being without or losing their mobile device.Almost everywhere you go, whether you’re out at a restaurant or just walking down the street, you get the impression that people absolutely love and are addicted their handsets; maybe a little too much.
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I think the mobile things are convenient, but I have actually lost business because of them- last year I had an important message get lost and the client left me right before making the offer! I also have lost "personal" touch with some of my COI, especially people who are now on FB and I don't call as much.