Good Networking Behavior is about Us

Don’t blame him for being a bad networker. At the end of each class down at Keith Hafner’s Karate, we get to listen to the lesson of the week. Now, in general, these are lesson that all adults (should) know — goal setting, making friends, conquering...

Being Present

My lovely wife Lisa loves to observe human behavior around her. Being a scientist, she attempts to draw conclusions based on those observations (and then test those hypotheses and, eventually, write up a lab report). I learn a lot from these observations as she often...

Another Kroger Revelation

I was at Kroger again tonight and while I was pushing my cart around the store, gathering the ingredients for this evenings dinner, I was thinking about my other posts regarding the difficulties we’d been having developing an attachment to this new store and how...

Relationships or Sales — By the Numbers, Part 2: Quality

Yesterday we talked about the relative value of seeking sales versus seeking relationships when we attend networking events. After a little bit of math (and a fair amount of hand-waving) we kind of figured out that pursuing sales might net you around ten people whom...
Make Them Special

Make Them Special

I’ve had a couple of instances in the last few of weeks reminding me of the importance of keeping the focus on the other person. The first was Shawne Duperon’s presentation at the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Regional Chamber’s lunch event,...