Networking Education

Walking the Work/Life “Imbalance Beam”

Show of hands, who in this room will be heading off to work at some point today after the meeting? Ok, got it. And of those who just raised your hands, who will also be engaged in some activity or responsibility in a non-working part of your life? Family, fitness, etc.? Great, thanks. So we’ve

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Do the Math

Show of hands, how many people have been in their current line of work for at least two years? Keep your hands raised if it’s been five years. Seven years. Ten years. Ok, so there’s some variation but for the most part we’ve been at what we’ve been up to for a while. Do you

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Raising the Floor

As I look around the room, I see a lot of powerful people – a lot of capable people. I see hearts and minds, goals and aspirations, wishes and dreams. And typically, we build our lives and businesses by getting clear on what we want and then working hard to achieve it. We’ve all heard

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Living Without Fear

There are a lot of living things on planet Earth. Plants, animals, insects, algae. Even the planet as a whole is an organism. And you can argue that there’s a consciousness to it. You can also argue that on some level, it’s been a series of random events. But why are we arguing? Either way

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How do you play your game?

Last night I found myself at the Nassau Coliseum hanging out with a few Elevators, and watching the New York Islanders get their pucks handed to them. Sorry Mike Nerenberg. During the game I couldn’t help but notice that while at times they were aggressive, taking some risks, going after the puck and pushing themselves,

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Don’t Wait – It Could Kill You

When we’re young, we learn about the dangers of fire. Maybe it was a firefighter that came to give a presentation at your elementary school, or a VHS they popped into a player – yeah, remember those. You were taught about feeling the door before opening it, and getting down to the ground to crawl

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Comfort Zones, Willingness, and Growth (Revisited)

Consider this, everything in your comfort zone is something you already know. I’m going to say that again… everything in your comfort zone is something that you already know. So it makes sense that if you wanted to increase a result, you might think it could be done by doing the same things bigger, faster,

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Clarity, Connection, Consistency

There are a thousand and one things we all have going on. As New Yorkers, hustling and scrambling, up to creating results in our worlds. As people in relationships – with others and ourselves, showing up everywhere the best we can. And of course, as business owners and entrepreneurs – striving for growth, wealth, power

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Farmer, Fire, Flower, Fence Revisited

Every piece of business ultimately contains a transaction. Typically, it’s an exchange of goods or services for money. And there are different levels of exchange. In other words, buying a pack of gum is going to be less involved than buying a brownstone, right Josh Doyle? Andrew Steinberg, I imagine booking someone for a weekend

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Net-Working

Thanks to a lot of effort from a lot of people, Elevate has become something very special. From the founders to the current MC, our officers, and really all of us – this whole community. But at our core, we’re simply a networking group. Networking. Net. Work. We’re about creating business relationships. A NET of

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