Constants. Things that are there or that you’ve done with regularity. Places you’ve lived and people you’ve known. The guideposts, signposts, footholds, handholds and general firm footing of your life. I got to thinking about this as I sat in the my house that I’ve owned for over 13 years and have occupied for almost […]
Earlier today, a long-time networking associate posed this question to me and I honestly had to think about the answer. “If you are still out meeting people, where do you go?” That’s almost a loaded question for The Relentless Networker. Am I still out meeting people? Where do I go? In other words, what am
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If you are a LinkedIn user, chances are it’s happened to you: that kind, “personalized” message that shows up in your in box asking to connect. I call it the blind outreach. I chronicled it on a Networking Tip. A man I had never met in a geographic area I couldn’t identify, asked me to
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
