Networking Education

Business, Relationship & Relating

If I say that business is all about creating relationship, I’m not really telling you anything new. But “how” and “why” that’s true might provide some room for learning. In the end, it all comes down to trust. As customers and clients ourselves, do we trust the person we might do business with? Do we

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Can You Believe It?

I’m going to share a few historical events with you, and then you’ll get to decide which of them is untrue… if you want, feel free to type your answer in the chat. After getting his very first axe at only six years old, George Washington chopped down a cherry tree and then confessed honestly

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Managing Mistakes & The Hunt for Red October

In 1990 — which amazingly, was over thirty years ago — Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, along with an all star ensemble, starred in The Hunt For Red October — a fantastic action movie set on submarines during the Cold War between Russia and the US in the mid 1980’s. At one dramatic point in

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Preparation & Practice

So you want to be a better networker? Great, well networking — like so many other things, and especially with business — comes down to relationship. Do you have what they want? Do they have what you need? So progress here is going to take the same thing that anything you want to improve will

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Leadership & Discomfort

The great researcher, professor, speaker and storyteller Brené Brown talks about how we all have a choice — courage or comfort. When it comes to facing our fears, and getting what we really want in our lives and businesses, it’s one or the other. In other words, if you want something beyond what you already

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“Net-Work”

I was driving on my way home and thinking about what I might discuss today. After about thirty seconds of not too much bubbling up, the word “network” entered my mind. Ok, no big deal, nothing special. Networking. That’s what we do, got it. But then I noticed something. The word itself — “network” —

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Thoughts On The Elevate Summit

Wow! Can you feel it? You can feel it right? We’re here. We made it here. It’s been three years. For a number of our members, this is the first time being in the same room together. And for so many of us, the first time in a long time. So to begin… in the

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How Do You Stop a Jumbo Jet?

I want you to think about the power of a jumbo jet. Imagine a 747 flying through the sky. It’s so heavy and yet the amount of thrust created by the engines is massive. There’s speed and a ton of power allowing it to soar and cut right through the air. But when it’s on

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Training — Circumstance vs. Commitment

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have to know that the world has been going through some stuff. And that stuff is showing up in some atypical and challenging forms. Sometimes even destructive forms. These occurrences can conjure up a lot of thoughts and feelings. For me, I think of what needs are

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Martha Graham – Your Channel

Born on May 11 of 1894, Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style — known as the Graham technique — reshaped American dance, and is still taught worldwide to this day. She passed away in early April of 1991, a few weeks before her ninety seventh birthday. But only after she

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