4 Steps to Rescue Your Networking Attitude

“What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.” ~ Sai Baba Have you...

You Can’t Network with Millennials

“Millennials are often portrayed as apathetic, disinterested, tuned out and selfish. None of those adjectives describe the Millennials I’ve been privileged to meet and work with.” ~ Chelsea Clinton Every once in a while I get a call from a potential...

5 Tactics to Avoid Being a Networking Schleprock

“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.” ~Washington Irving Do you remember the character Schleprock from the old “Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm” cartoon show? P&B was a short-lived spin-off of “The Flintstones”...

5 Questions to Serve Your Network Better

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore Always look for ways to be of service. It’s sort of a mantra for great networkers. The problem is, when you sit down...

3 Questions to Revive Your Networking

“I find that even small changes sometimes jog you out of a mental rut.” ~ Tom Perrotta “Why am I here?” It’s Labor Day weekend 2016 and I’m sitting on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta. I’m on my annual nerd-pilgrimage, attending...

The Nightmares of Networking Neglect

“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.” ~ J. K. Rowling Repeat after me: Everyone needs to network. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the networking needs of those who aren’t directly in sales. These are the back...