It started out as just a bike ride on a new bike. However, the experience became something quite different once we got rolling. I have had my Trek T-50 tandem in my garage for 20 years. I bought it after a tour my then 14-year-old son and I took in the El Tour de Tucson […]
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Four years. 79 episodes. 65 guests. Four producers. Over 2,000 social media posts Dozens of meetings and phone calls. Beyond the numbers, Coffee With Claire was about people. Stories. Experiences. And Claire. It migrated from being “internet television” to becoming a video and audio podcast. Claire interviewed guests about everything from the subconscious to storm
While there are more serious casualties — deaths–there are other casualties of this pandemic. Losses to the heart and mind as well and the soul. When isolation from those you care about results in the loss or change in a relationship, that is a casualty. No two ways about it, when you lose someone you
The global pandemic is upon us. Over the past 36 hours I’ve had two speaking engagements cancel and numerous events get put on hold. That could be a hard situation for a networker who relies on face-to-face contact to keep his network vibrant and alive. So what’s a networker to do when he can’t network?
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We all really should know the fine art of conversation. And how to interact with people. Notice I said “interact.” Not perform a monologue in front of or monopolize a conversation. Really, how to talk with someone and, more importantly, listen. Strangely enough I was reminded of this in a conversation with someone I’ve known
It’s pretty amazing when you meet someone for the first time. There could be something you remember or the whole conversation could be forgotten. So it was with Kathy. It was a coffee meeting on a Saturday morning. Not the most remarkable time of the day or week, but one I will never forget. And
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This comes under the heading of “when the client calls, the answer is always some form of yes.” Recently an automotive client called and asked a question I hadn’t expected of him: could you find out the status of a property under construction near my business? Now, without going into too much detail, I had
Musicians and performing artists get it often. For the writer or content creator. out end product is less visible and often passed by or even ignored. Not that it isn’t read or good. But appreciation, that’s another story. Yet the other day I heard it. That crowd. The applause. After a client meeting I rode
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It was one of those times when the stars seemed to align. It isn’t always convenient (or a good idea) to have your clients work together. Yet, there are times that it really can’t be avoided because it is just too good of an idea. Recently my long-time client, Claire Billingsley, had a schedule that
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When my website development partner, Chris (Howay) called it was seemingly out of the blue. He had finished a website for a new client being managed by a friend and they asked him a question that made him think of me. They wanted to go to a trade show and weren’t quite sure
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