Want to accelerate your career? Finally ready to get fit? Looking for some peace and serenity in your otherwise hectic life? It may be time to upgrade your friends. Everything you are today is a product of other people. Your physical being came about from a mingling of two other peoples’ genes. The language you speak, […]
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Several of you have asked that we review some of the basic tips for rapidly accelerating and deepening your relationships. Here are a few to consider: Be HUMBLE!!!! Set a casual tone and find ways to reduce formality Plan your conversations to create value and increase intimacy Never leave without a reason to return Look
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From a young age we’re taught that stereotypes are inappropriate, lead us to false conclusions and promote cultural biases that don’t have any place in a progressive society. However, used correctly, stereotyping can be a powerful tool in your relational development efforts — provided you are willing to shed every part of the stereotypical picture you’d
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Trust can be a vicious and manipulative weapon of control. As much as I’ve researched and studied the importance, development and maintenance of trust in great relationships, I’ve only recently started to examine trust’s less attractive aspects. Someone may grant you trust based on the belief that you will act in a certain way, even
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Ever meet someone and instantly connect? Why is it that we just ‘click’ with some people, while others take a bit longer? And some people, well… there’s no ‘click-age’ at all, ever? The first time I met Gary Larson, he was a training executive at Bank of America and within 5 minutes my new friend
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Just as we’ve learned to be purposeful about developing and maintaining personal relationships, wouldn’t it be wise to develop a purposeful approach to truth? Professionally and personally, we are all pursing some external truth but truth is a moving target with a half-life. What was true and right for our organizations last quarter might not
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Executives, middle mangers and frontline personnel, across industries and boarders, ask me essentially the same two questions: What do I do and when do I do it? What do I say and when do I say it? Creating personal and professional success boils down to getting these two questions right. While your education, training, experience
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1 minute In the next 60 seconds: 277,000 people will log onto Facebook, 100,000 tweets will be posted, 100+ new LinkedIn accounts will be created… One relationship The more people that know who you are, know what you are capable of and trust you, the more likely you are to succeed… Because one relationship can
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I was back on the university circuit this week, talking to college seniors about career development and, as always, I learned just as much from the students as I hope they learned from me. Interestingly, what the students wanted to know about interview strategies was essentially the same thing sales professionals ask me all the
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My vision for this blog was dialogue — an open forum, free flow laboratory for all of us to think about and share ideas. Over the last few months we’ve turned the corner from monologue to you and what’s on your mind… this week, Dubai-based oilman Urban Showe sent me this worthy thought… Jeff, Just
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