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What’s Your Communication Style?

We’re going to play a little game to help you identify your communication style. I’m going to tell you about the four communication styles that are summed up in the acronym DASI, and you’re going to listen for the communication styles that best fit you, make sense? DASI stands for Directive, Analytic, Supportive, and Initiative.

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Make More Money Gold Mining With Power Tools

NYC Elevate is a networking community organized to help our members make more money through structured collaboration and referrals. Recently, we learned that we are sitting on a gold mine here at Elevate, and that gold comes in the form of referrals. And today, I’m going to talk about nails. Have you ever used a

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Active Listening

I believe just about everyone in the room knows that I’m a coach. I’m a rigorously trained Life Coach. But I typically don’t say that because these Education moments are not about me. They’re about all of us – and how we can become better networkers. Well, today I’m going to bring you something right

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Coming Together

First of all, it’s so good to see everybody. I can’t say that the waking up part of my Wednesday’s is always a pleasure, but walking into this communal space, seeing all of the faces, getting the head nods and high fives, having the connected conversations, and of course doing business – it’s all a

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Make More Money by Asking for Whales

Recently, we learned that we are sitting on a gold mine here at Elevate, and we’ve learned that the most important aspect of our gold mine is our fellow gold miners, both members and visitors. In recent weeks, we discussed making proactive referrals and having the right mindset, which is trying to help your clients

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Innovation and Differentiation

Innovation occurs when a new process or product is created usually by combining pre-existing ideas in a new way. Innovation is the central way for creating greater value and de-commoditizing our offerings so that our work is differentiated from “the pack”. An example of innovation at work is Cirque du Soleil. The circus world was

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Working On Your Business vs. In Your Business

Let’s start by making a distinction. It may be one you already know – and that’s fine. It’s important to keep aware and present to these two fundamental areas of work. There’s working *on* your business. And there’s working *in* your business. So first let’s clarify. Working in your business is the actual day to

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Make More Money with the Correct Mindset for Giving Referrals

Recently, we learned that we are sitting on a gold mine here at Elevate, and we’ve learned that the most important aspect of our gold mine is our fellow gold miners, both members and visitors. Two weeks ago, I discussed getting your LinkedIn profile ship shape and then using virtual connection requests there to make

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Your “No Brainer”

As a coach, I love asking people to look “outside the box.” I don’t typically use that actual language because it’s over played. But coming up with the idea that’s new, or different, or outside their comfort zone, holds a lot of possibility because it’s beyond what they already know. So it’s often my jam.

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