Guest Post: Find Your Networking Sweet Spot

Awhile back in You Should Network Offline More, I discussed the benefits of networking more often. Then just recently in Don’t NetWORK Too Hard, I mentioned there should be a cap to networking because you can overdo it and cause more harm than good. As a result of...

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”...
What If Everyone Networked Like That?

What If Everyone Networked Like That?

Today, as a part of a preschool field trip to the apple orchard, Abby and I found ourselves navigating a maze built of hay bales. Abby was really getting into it, scampering down the passages and laughing at each dead end — right up until the moment she and one...

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....

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...