Note from Phil: What follows is a guest post by Alexandra Levit, Author of Blind Spots: The 10 Business Myths You Can’t Afford to Believe on Your New Path to Success. This is a fantastic book if you’re looking to move up in corporate America or in life. The myths debunked are ones you’ve likely [...]
NOTE from Phil: What follows is an excerpt from the book The Idea Hunter by Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer with William Bole. It’s an academic look at connections, for all of you who want more proof you should make time to connect with smart people. Enjoy! Decades of statistical research have demonstrated that professionals [...]
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of spending 2 days with the fine folks at 800-CEO-Read and 20 other outstanding individuals at their Author Pow Wow. If you’re an author, you really need to attend this next year. After the event was over, we got a chance to hang out at the 8CR headquarters [...]
I just read the most helpful article ever about the right way to network, I had to share a link here with you. Purposeful Networking is about the right way to connect with people, and I think it’s something everyone should print out and use in all their networking activities. Take 10 minutes to read [...]
I am really good at remembering names, but it isn’t a natural thing. I actually have a neat trick for remembering names, and if you’re bad with names, this might help you too. It’s called READ to remember names. I admit, I love acronyms, so this works for me very well. R – Repeat. Repeat [...]
A guest post from Brian Tracy, author of No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline Note from Phil: Brian Tracy was one of the first people I ever read who inspired me to take action and make the most of my life. His book Eat That Frog! gave me the nudge I needed to make it [...]