Stop Networking and Start Making Money
When you get down to it, networking is cold, sterile… and it seems self-serving: one person trying to form a web of contacts whose sole purpose is to do something for him
READ MOREAbove All, Discretion
There’s no question that some fans felt cheated when they found out that Major League Baseball players have been using performance-enhancing substances for years. It appears, however, that they are in the minority. Most fans don’t really care all that much about steroid usage. At the very least, they’re willing…
READ MOREAre You Holding Yourself Captive?
Did you know that elephants are trained to stay where they are by tying a rope around one of their massive legs and attaching it to a peg in the ground? Can the peg and rope really hold back an elephant? Absolutely not! Then why does it work? Because elephants…
READ MOREGetting Started As a “Connector”
Yesterday, I introduced you to Matthew Adams – and I told you about the very profitable form of networking he has mastered. I don’t mean handing out business cards at Chamber of Commerce mixers. I’m talking about actively building a group of contacts who can help you with your wealth-building…
READ MOREThe Business of Bringing People Together
Michael Masterson was shocked. He was at a meeting with some heavy hitters in South America – government officials and developers who were discussing a massive housing project. When one official, Mr. X, said the project would be in the $1 billion to $10 billion range – even Michael wasn’t…
READ MOREAre You Being Duped by These 3 Pervasive Business Lies?
“I was so inspired by your presentation! Now I finally understand what I need to do to start my own business,” Cynthia said. This was just one of many comments I heard after delivering my presentation at the 2010 Glazer-Kennedy Info-Summit. My presentation was called “Perception vs. Reality: Year One…
READ MORELove Is the Final Answer
There are only two ways to go through life: coming from Love and coming from Fear. Coming from Fear simply means believing in “not enough” — that there’s not enough money, not enough opportunity, not enough health, not enough love, not enough food, not enough water, not enough energy, not…
READ MOREDon’t Build a List, Build a Community
“Mom, Mikaela has Bieber Fever!” Connor yelled across the family room. Without thinking I asked, “Is it contagious?” Without missing a beat he said, “Not for me — but I think Delanie has caught it as well. Look in Mikaela’s room and see for yourself.” The minute I entered the…
READ MOREHeart vs. Head
What has come over us Limeys?
We were always known as a pretty dull, phlegmatic bunch, compared to the excitable French, the fiery Spanish, and the sexy Italians.
READ MOREWhere I Live
Knowing that I spend a significant amount of time outside the United States, Michael M. wrote to ask for my thoughts on living well in a foreign country. (Michael’s an ETR reader as well as a reader of International Living, a newsletter published by a client of mine.) Half of…
READ MOREHow to Have Lots of Good Friends
It’s been said that if you want friends to help you in the bad times, you have to help them in the good times.
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