Has someone ever helped you to the point that you sat at your desk and tried to think up ways to return the favor? One such time happened for me in 2006 when a friend worked to get me on a team for a major project that resulted in an $800,000 contract from my company. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Relationships’
Why Help Other People
I believe that the best way to succeed in life, and business, is to help other people. A life built around helping others will yield not
Money, Wealth, and Relationships
On his Wealth blog this week Kenneth Klabunde wrote a must read article entitled Redefining Wealth. In the article he defines the intersection of wealth and relationships: “Sustainable wealth requires resources and relationships. Resources include our skills, knowledge, money and property. Relationships give purpose for these resources, and provide additional resources to complement our own.” It is [...]
Be selfless
Back in my college days I was living in a small town south of Rochester, NY. Winters in New York have a way of rapidly rusting mufflers, so I found myself dragging a muffler into a repair shop (literally) in the middle of January to get a quote for a new muffler. When the owner [...]
The Digital Crutch
On Wednesday this past week Ford Harding (the author of one of my favorite books “Rain Making” and the Harding & Company blog) spoke at the DC chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services. As we sat prior to Ford’s talk, I was amazed at the group that had gathered at the head table. [...]
Anyone can network
I believe that anyone can succeed at Networking. I often find it interesting, however, that many people think they don’t have the correct personality to network effectively. After reading a multitude of marketing and networking books I think I know why: most writers denote networking as a sales process. I don’t know about you, but [...]
