Meeting someone for the first time is always usually a pleasant experience.  It’s fun to try to figure out what type of person they are and what category you would group them into.  When you meet someone that shares your passion, you will automatically "click."  For instance, one of my passions is connecting with people.  [...]

Creating an elevator pitch is a necessity. No matter what your job is.No matter how old you are. No matter what industry you’re in. No matter what you want to do. Your 30 second commercial can be an asset or a liability.  It can either -show credibility or show incompetence -show knowledge or ignorance -make [...]

How important can the Common Point of Interest (CPI) be?  How about the basis for an entire relationship? Today I asked a co-worker of mine if I could have 30 minutes of her time to learn more about what she does, her experiences, etc.  And whenever I meet someone new, I always like to start [...]

Here’s a question to ask: Who can I help the most in my network? Is it my best friend?  Or family?  What about my peers?  What’s funny is that usually it’s neither of those people.  Obviously they are the people closest to me, but not always the people I can help the most. Typically, the people [...]

I’ve recently been talking with a bunch of my friends that just graduated.  When I ask them how they got their job, there is two common responses.  1)  Through their network2)  (And more often) Through the internship they had the summer prior to senior year. Whats funny, is that when I ask how they got [...]

How many times have you heard:  "It’s not what you know anymore…It’s not who you know… It’s who knows you"? That phrase is still just as wrong as it’s ever been. It should be changed to:  "It’s not who knows you… It’s who knows and likes you." Here’s what I mean: How many people do [...]