Talking is overrated. Sure. we all need to tell our story, but we need to make sure someone–the right someone–is listening. So, start by listening to them. And listen to learn not to respond. The man in the picture is my father, Harry Maynard. He was a pharmacist in a local drug store in my […]
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Order. shape. compliance. everything in its place. Keeping track. OK, I don’t mean to go overboard, but having your organizational skills in place will make you a better networker. Case in point: Daniel LaBroad. Daniel is a self-made CEO. He began his insurance business from the franchise of a specific brand, living off of commissions.
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Passion has many facets. In networking, passion is about enthusiasm, energy, interest–in your work, in other people, in situations. My friend and colleague, Jamey Wozniak, has a passion for what she does. A serial entrepreneur, Jamey has started, run and sold businesses. She is raw in how she explains each episode of her life an
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It’s refreshing when you meet someone who is sincere. You know, the guy who actually asks the waitress how she is and means it? Or the friend who looks you in the eye and really listens when you answer her question. On a recent road trip I happened to be at the top of mountain
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While it is not as interesting a plot as the movie, Meet Joe Black, it does have its twists and turns. My chance meeting with Joan Nye nearly five years ago has become, in networking terms, a significant relationship. Joan not only became my client, she also advises me on my finances, is a chamber
Networking can be a dog-eat-dog experience. You can be ripped and torn in multiple directions while you are trying to meet people. You must be doggedly determined to succeed. Seriously, as you venture out into the networking world you can find yourself being deterred by a lot of things: impatience, slow responses, quiet events, non-responsive
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Everybody has an idea of what a chamber of commerce is. Whether it is from first-hand experience or urban lore and conjecture, we mostly think of a chamber in one of several ways. I was first introduced to chambers when my dad was a businessman in an Arizona small town. In those days (the 1950s)
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Thinking about others isn’t necessarily in our nature. At least human nature. Being selfless–thinking of the other guy first–actually appears elsewhere in nature first. I learned firsthand about selflessness, kindness and unconditional love from the best source. My dog, Lilly. In her short 6 years and from all of her 12 pounds, this Maltese-Poodle mix
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My sister just returned from our aunt’s 90th birthday celebration. All of the cousins and extended family were there to reminisce and reconnect. During the conversation recounting the time she had spent with our family, Pat related something that really struck me. “We all inherit some trait from our family, either genetically or by family
When I was kid whenever we would move, my mom would plant a privet hedge in the front yard of our new home. It was her way of helping establish the new house as our home. The care should took in preparing the soil, choosing the individual plants and then putting them into the soil
