There are certain people that take rules to be a challenge to their intellect. Or possibly their ego. Either way for me Elon Musk comes to mind. For example in April 2018 Elon Musk passed this on to employees – “Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren’t adding value,” the boss exhorts. “It is not rude to leave, it is rude to make someone stay and waste their time.” And there’s more: “Communication should travel via the shortest path necessary to … [Read more...]
Have You Helped Others From Going The Wrong Way?
This morning driving to a meeting with a client I was in the left turn lane at an intersection of a busy multiple lane road. Not one to look at text messages, emails or other items on my phone while driving I noticed a car across the island from me going in the same direction as me. This meant she was clearly going the wrong way, Westbound, while the right of way traffic was going Eastbound. In fact, she probably assumed she was in the right hand lane where in reality the traffic coming … [Read more...]
Three Networking Mistakes and How To Correct Them
Networking Mistake #1: Pete was getting himself ready to attend another networking event. He no longer looked forward to attending these networking events. It has now been over six months and he went to six to eight networking events each month. Worse yet in his mind, there was no – zero – closed business from these activities! He went with a boatload of business cards. The heavy weight business cards with clear and clean type face in black raised letters. Each time after leaving the … [Read more...]
Are You In A Cage?
This week the new picture was out on the store shelves right on the Nabisco Barnum’s Animals boxes and packages of their well known snack. No longer was the image of the caged animals present on the packaging. Now the happy animals were displayed roaming freely together across the boxes and packages of Nabisco’s Barnum Animals. USA Today reported, “After 116 years, animal crackers are no longer behind bars. The packaging of Barnum's Animals, a classic Nabisco snack, doesn't depict the exotic … [Read more...]
The Summer Dilemma Or Opportunity?
It just happened again today. In between opportunity meetings the conversation overheard went something like this... “If I don’t get these deals closed in the next couple of days, well, everyone knows what happens in the summer around here...” “Nothing!” “No one is going to be working or have any interest in meeting with me.” Now here is the thing about this attitude – “Say it often enough – not only will you believe it – it will come to pass.” - Mitch Tublin If you feel this way … [Read more...]
Meet Them Where They Are – Networking
Meet Them Where They Are - This has many meanings and implications... In fact, feel free to go to the comments area and write in your meaning for this statement based upon your wisdom and experience. For this article today we are going to discuss networking. (More detailed meanings and implications on Meet Them Where They Are to come in the future.) Networking in three specific areas of networking: Who do you want to meet? Why should they care about you? How do you show up? The … [Read more...]
