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7 Ways to Prevent Your Network from Ripping You Off
"When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage." ~ Daniel Radcliffe...
Excerpt: The Timeline of a One-to-One: During
Welcome to another in the series of sneak peaks of early draft material from my upcoming book, Beyond Hello and a Handshake. Don't tell anyone you are getting early access. It will just make them jealous. ---------------------------------- "Choose to focus...
Guest Post: Don’t Worry, It’s Just Your Online Reputation
Years ago, Warren Buffet told us, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” While that concept still holds true to this day, the explosion of the internet, information, and...
7 Ways to Become a Networking Weightlifter
"If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older." ~ Tom Stoppard Look around at the people that surround you throughout the day. Imagine them as children. Imagine their laughter, their play, their boisterous energy. Do they still radiate that...
Guest Post: 5 Reasons to Have a Target Market
This past week I had the opportunity to sit down with a young business man who was fairly new to the networking world. He was loving his experience in the groups that he belonged to, but knew that there were likely some things that he could improve to make it a...
Excerpt: The Timeline of a One-to-One: Before
Welcome to the another in the weekly series of sneak peaks into my upcoming book Beyond Hello and a Handshake. --------------------------------------- "Before anything else, preparation is the key to success." ~ Alexander Graham Bell Bob seems like a cool guy....
Guest Post: Are Networking Events Seasonal?
I was recently talking with a good friend of mine (to protect the innocent let’s call him Bob) and we stumbled across an interesting topic. Initially we talked about life and all the normal things, but as always, we ended up talking about business and how things...
5 Approaches to Networking Your Own Way
"Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. Right from the start. go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I've learned, that's the path to happiness." ~ Lesley Ann Warren Last night we had a family backyard campfire evening. We threw wood in...
Excerpt: 7 Qualities of Good One-to-One Venues
Here's another in the early sneak-peek series of material featured in my upcoming book Beyond Hello and a Handshake. ---------------------------------- "I'm easy. Put me in an interesting location with good people and I'm there." ~ Jane Curtin Imagine, if you will,...
