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
Ok, that sounds like something you’d read on a dating site. Well, this is anything but a dating site. But if you did….oh, let’s get to the topic at hand. Recently I was charged with producing a large barbeque event. My life is BBQ 24/7 and, consequently, that initialism is in the front (and side
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Sometimes we get so wrapped up in performing a task or completing a project we forget a basic rule of thumb: who the customer is. One time in my career I worked inside a large corporation in a communications department. My boss was a quite demanding and exacting person. In a side discussion with a
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“Never burn a bridge.” “Be careful the bridge you burn you may be standing on.” “Bridges are for crossing not burning.” We’ve all heard these networking proverbs. And either lived by them or been the victim of them. But tell the truth, is there ever a time when it’s okay to burn a bridge? Let’s
I don’t know about you, but if I were one of those high-wire act guys, I wouldn’t be working without a net. While it’s cool and ballsy to be up there tempting fate, I’d rather know I could bounce back up to the wire should I fall and get to try the walk all over
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After many years in a committed relationship, I recently found myself back out into the dating pool. We all have heard the comparisons of dating to networking but at the end of the day you can’t deny that the two processes are incredibly similar. And that’s OK. Heck, life has to be interesting and, really,
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It’s no secret I am a senior networker, agewise. However, I’ve noticed that a number of my age peers refuse to change and adapt with the times. Not that I am all that with it, technologically or timewise, but I do believe that refusing to adapt to change is not tied specifically to aging. It
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He had a rich “radio voice” that filled the room and warmed you at the same time. You were at ease almost immediately when you met him and shook his hand. He smiled and looked you in the eye and you felt as if you already knew him. Kin Jones was a friend to many.
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How do you choose to continue a relationship with a client? Some business relationships seem to go on like a flowing stream with little or now need for maintenance. Others need to be tended to almost daily. But what criteria do you use to keep or part with a client? Recently I spoke with a
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