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Riding the Roller Coaster
We whooped and hollered through the curves, screamed as we hurtled down the hills, and when we finally arrived back at the loading zone of Goofy's Barnstormer Ride at the Magic Kingdom, we all had huge grins on our faces. Except for my four-year-old, Abby. Please...
Tending the Fire
"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." ~ Albert Schweitzer In my last post, we talked about the...
Starting the Fire
I'm constantly amazed at the number of relatively commonplace activities that mirror or point to important concepts of a good networking practice. Take campfires, for example. A few times over the course of the summer, we'll have a little campfire in the backyard....
Waiting at the Airport
That is not my flight I glanced at the information board over my gate. My flight time was now thirty minutes later than originally scheduled. Mildly frustrating, but time to sit and think. I can read a book. I can get some other activities done (like writing...
Caring and Compassion
"Good luck out there." The words were right, but as I walked away, something didn't feel right about the exchange. For the past couple of days I've been staying at a casino where I helped present a program on networking and business development. I needed to change...
Top 10 Reasons to Sell at the Networking Event
Repeat after me: Networking is not sales. Of all the mistakes people make in their networking practice (consciously or unconsciously), this one is probably the biggest. You see it all the time -- people running around handing out cards, passing out brochures, and...
Focusing the Out-Of-Control Networker
Completely under control "Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus." ~ Alexander Graham Bell Over the weekend, on a visit to Grandma Debby's house, we went on a sledding adventure. We donned our winter...
Practice Your Networking Weaknesses
Gee, do you think he practiced that? "I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation." ~ Will Smith At the end of our advanced Karate class last night, the instructor had us...
9 Reasons to Network Early, Part 3 of 3
"How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?" ~ Dr. Suess So here we are at the final installment of why you should show up to network early....