The Networking Dance

“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” ~ Wayne Dyer Each year, as a family, we get together at a nearby campground for the Memorial Day weekend. The park we’ve been...

Jelly Making and the Networking Practice

“Experience is the teacher of all things.” ~ Julius Caesar The crabapple tree is going crazy this year. It started producing fruit early and with gleeful abandon. That means that I’ve been jelly making — a lot. I just finished my 70th pint jar...

Networking Groups, Put Out the Welcome Mat

“Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.” ~ John James Audubon Welcome home. That should be the clarion call for every...

Bad Excuses: I don’t have time

I’m in Grand Rapids, Michigan this week, working with the folks at the Michigan Recruiting and Retention Network’s annual convention, teaching them about the importance of developing great networks and giving them some tools to use while doing it. These...

Personal Networking Story: The Little Things Pay Off

I’m always a little suspicious of analogies. Don’t get me wrong. They can be great tools to help explain complex concepts. The problem I have is when people try to use them to prove a point. That’s when you have to put on your balderdash detector to...

Curiosity, Curiosity, Curiosity

There’s the old joke about the three most important qualities when buying a house — location, location, location. In a similar manner, there are three qualities you must have to be successful as a networker — curiosity, curiosity, curiosity....
Greg Peters
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