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How do you keep the spark alive? Whether it’s in our business, our marriages, or just relationships in general – I’m sure there’s always a voice in your head badgering you to keep the spark alive. I personally refer to that voice as my wifes. In all seriousness, I’ve always thought of that voice as […]

Today I’d like to review one of the most fundamental of networking skills. The handshake In a just matter of seconds your handshake can signal • friendliness • hospitality • openness • confidence • and respect as well as • contempt • ridicule • competitiveness • and control Here are some helpful hints A proper

You know how it goes- you strike up a conversation with someone at an event and this person is legit someone you want to keep in touch with. You’re feeling a good energy, you’re excited to talk about and then….it never happens. So how can you make sure you’re building the relationships you actually want

About six years ago, I learned that mentorship isn’t a one-way street. And that it doesn’t only happen from the top down. Faced with an urgent need to master social media and Twitter in particular, I initiated a reverse mentoring program for NY Women in Communications, a professional organization I’m a member of. After identifying

Remember my joke last week about walking a mile in someone’s shoes before criticizing them? That way you’ll be a mile away and have their shoes? Well, that leads into today’s education piece: Learn to love and crave negative feedback, and not only that, but make it known to others that you want their criticism.

Have you ever wondered how to get more out of your day while making your day less draining? We’ve hear sayings like “Success is a habit” or “We first make our habits. Then, our habits make us.” What does this mean for our success in life? As I mentioned last week, we have a finite

On the surface, Givers Gain means if you give to someone, they will want to give back to you. By helping others they will want to help you. But that’s only the first level. It actually goes two levels deeper than that. The second level of Givers Gain is that the more you give, the

Are you running yourself into the ground working with too many clients? Do you catch yourself saying “I don’t get paid enough to deal with this?” Money can be a very messy topic. We worry we’ll lose clients, miss out on revenue or even get laughed out of the room. But here are 3 great

(Adapted from Entrepreneur magazine) Did you know that 87% of small businesses claim that social media has helped their business? So, whether you’re a business owner or an employee with bottom line responsibilities, you’ll want to pay attention to how effective your social media is. In marketing, you can be too social or not social

A good habit to develop is to ask yourself the question, “What’s great about this?” whenever a problem arises. This forces you to extract value from the problem at hand. If you change your immediate reaction from being annoyed about the problem to being curious about what you can make from it, you’ll put yourself