Whenever possible, always say yes to an invitation to do just about anything – a lunch, a meeting, anything with anyone. It is always a great way to grow your network. Speaker and author Craig Price took me up on a Facebook invitation posting and ended up on this podcast. www.speakercraigprice.com Click here to listen: Speaker Craig [...]
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For those of us who spend days, weeks, months on the road – standing in security lines, squeezing into too tiny airline seats, eating bad road food, trying to remember what color car we rented, what tonight’s hotel room number is and wondering how long the meeting will go on – I have some suggestions [...]
Why does everyone insist on using the phrase “sex, drugs and rock and roll?” To me, it has always been “sensibility, determination and rock and roll.” I spent years around some of the most successful rock stars, producers, record company and star management personnel. The ones who were wildly successful (many of whom continue to [...]
Never underestimate the power of the smile in customer service. Not that I encourage this but you can almost get away with a mediocre product, service, meal, anything – when it is served with a smile. My birthday request was simple this year, especially after renting a castle in England last year. All I asked [...]
There’s a story on CNN.com today about internships – not for college students, but for workers 50 and over. Brilliant. Why should it be any different for anyone, age or otherwise? It all comes down to networking, finding a way to get your foot in the door, then working hard and proving the company needs you, [...]
Kill’em with kindness. You get more flies with honey. Engage the customer. All strange things to be thinking while sitting stage side in the Hustler Club on Bourbon Street in New Orleans but that’s how I think. The first five dancers to hit the main stage starred at a spot on the wall, never smiled [...]
