Knowledge versus Belief

by | Jan 26, 2011 | Blog

Who else is behind this victory? One of the challenges of networking for a lot of people (including myself at times) is the old knowledge versus belief problem. We know that the best long-term strategy to succeed in our business and personal life is developing...

Their Favorite Words

by | Jan 25, 2011 | Blog

I think I’m on page 3 My good friend Sandy Pirwitz, Assistant Director and Trainer for BNI commented on my post of a couple of days ago regarding other networking opportunities afforded by the various social media sites. Her whole comment is great, but there was...

Setting the Example

by | Jan 24, 2011 | Blog

We can only point them to the path. They have to walk it themselves. I was speaking to a friend of mine a few months ago about networking. We were talking about an event he had attended recently. He had walked out feeling frustrated because, as he put it, “no...

Is Facebook Networking?

by | Jan 23, 2011 | Blog

I just finished with my nightly forays into the world of Facebook. I usually spend fifteen or twenty minutes checking in on what my friends are doing and seeing if anyone else has “liked” my Reluctant Networker fan page. The question remains, though, can...

What’s in a Name?

by | Jan 22, 2011 | Blog

I had to go in for a root canal today. Now, I know for many of us the words “root canal” bring up images of profound torture — of agony and vulnerability which sear the soul and bring grown men to tears. And a good many of us have never had to go...