Posts Tagged ‘business building’
Networking: 3 storytelling skills that turn awkward into awesome
I was surrounded by people and completely alone. It was my first networking event in a new job and I had no idea what to do. I didn’t know what to say or to whom. EEEEKKKK!! Thank goodness for Susan. She sat down beside me, took genuine interest in me and eventually turned my panic…
Read MoreTrue Story: Doing Stuff You Don’t Want to Do
Back in July I set some “fitness” goals (using this term loosely). One of those goals is that I’m going to run a 5k every month for the next 12 months. Just one 5k each month. Totally doable. Just one. Running in August, September and October was downright pleasant here this year. Then came the…
Read MoreWhat Bruce Jenner and Don Crowther can teach you (& me) about growing a breakthrough business in 2013
Forget Gen X. I belong to the Wheaties generation. My first athletic hero (at the tender age of four) was Bruce Jenner. So strong, so fast, so enduring. I think staring at that Wheaties box on my Nana’s kitchen table planted a lot of seeds about success in my pretty little head back then. But…
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