Tag: Keith Ferrazzi

Mix and Mingle and Network Your Way To Success – Definitely the Way the Game is Played in 2012

“Needy politicians, like Bill Clinton, recharge at political events,” says Alter. “But, for Obama, they deplete rather than create energy.” Maureen Dowd, The Ungrateful President, 8/8/12 ————— Call it what you want.  The ability to schmooze.  The ability to network.  The ability to meet new people, hover around and have good, meaningful conversations, the ability… Read More Mix and Mingle and Network Your Way To Success – Definitely the Way the Game is Played in 2012

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We Function In A True ZigZag World (thoughts on today’s career paths)

So I was at a nice size conference table, with a group of smart people, and as we went around the circle, the stories of where they now work and where they did work – some changing companies, some changing careers, some many times over the last couple of decades… – made me realize that… Read More We Function In A True ZigZag World (thoughts on today’s career paths)

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Networking + Content = Greater Value

Lifetime corporate employment is dead; we’re all free agents now, managing our own careers across multiple careers across multiple jobs and companies.  And because today’s primary currency is information, a wide-reaching network is one of the surest ways to become and remain thought leaders of our respective fields. Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone  And Other… Read More Networking + Content = Greater Value

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Have a Conversation – It’s The Heart of Networking, and so much more

Last Friday, I presented my synopsis of the book Power by Jeffery Pfeffer.  I referred to Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi.  As I thought about these books, I thought about a skill that is so front and center obvious.  In these, and many other books, it is taken for granted, but it probably should… Read More Have a Conversation – It’s The Heart of Networking, and so much more

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The Time Flies By — Did You Market, Did You Network, This Week? What About Next Week?

If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run… Rudyard Kipling, If Lifetime corporate employment is dead; we’re all free agents now, managing our own careers across multiple careers across multiple jobs and companies.  And because today’s primary currency is information, a wide-reaching network is one of the surest ways… Read More The Time Flies By — Did You Market, Did You Network, This Week? What About Next Week?

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Who Do You Hang With? – Maybe It’s Time To Widen Your Circle; Really!

People are different.  And the more diversity between the people, the more differences there are. So – here is the question of the day:  Do you always hang out with the same people – the same kinds of people? If so, maybe it’s time broaden your circle. This simple advice is a key part of… Read More Who Do You Hang With? – Maybe It’s Time To Widen Your Circle; Really!

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Newsflash! Take Your Brain to Lunch is Good Brain Exercise

Cheryl offers:  Surprisingly, there was an interesting item in my mail yesterday. It was the Dallas edition of a Medical Directory with an article called “Mind Matters”. I’m intrigued by the brain, so I started reading it. Low and behold, on the second page I found this. “Frontal lobe function, also called “executive function,” is… Read More Newsflash! Take Your Brain to Lunch is Good Brain Exercise

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“I Make Money by Making Friends” — why people network

Call it what you will.  Networking; schmoozing; conversation; customer cultivation.  Whatever you call it, it’s still the same basic truth — you make money, you build success, one relationship at a time. This truth came through loud and clear in a conversation with an innovative CEO from a premier Austin recruitment firm.  The conversation took… Read More “I Make Money by Making Friends” — why people network

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Our Networking Mandate — Go Fish in Every Pond

The First Friday Book Synopsis has been meeting for over 11 years.  Something new is happening — not in the content of our programs (we have always provided two synopses of best-selling and useful business books), but in the make-up of our participants. Here’s what’s new:  people are coming from everywhere. In the earlier days,… Read More Our Networking Mandate — Go Fish in Every Pond

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