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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
The only thing we know about future jobs is that they don’t exist yet.
Can you solve complex problems in the real world within a group of diverse individuals.
The most important success factor as a freshman is to have friends.
Resiliance is facing and overcoming challenges.
Reflection is the opportunity to change your mind.
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You should reach out to her.
She’s getting older and her son isn’t ready to take over.
She’s going to pass her torch to someone.
It could be you.
The CEO’s statements made sense until i thought for a moment.
What didn’t make sense, and still doesn’t, is why i would be the one to make the first move on this.
When i rewind the tape from the past 12 years, i can’t think of more than one time when she asked me to come visit.
i must have initiated a dozen meetings with her.
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It’s who you know.
So i called Kim. She’s a Sales manager at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, about six miles from our driveway.
She’ll run the proposal past her GM and Director.
Our boys attended elementary school together. We attended the same school plays. We run the same 5k’s. i trust Kim and she trusts me.
So yeah, it’s who you know.
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
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The time to network is when you don’t need to.
The time to look for your next job is when you don’t need to.
The time to start your own company is when you don’t need to.
The time to teach teens (in this case, a high school freshman) about these things is when you don’t need to. Like at the Girls Varsity Volleyball home opener two nights ago.
The way to build relationships is to be visible and approachable.
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First, some back story…
Everything looks good on paper, right?
But it’s actually doing the things, with the pressures and challenges of the real world. Theory is often impossible much harder than it looks.
If i was reaching out to a stranger for the first time, i’d look intentionally (but not forced) to find common ground, personally and professionally.
The way in is trust, and trust is built on honest relationships. Honest relationships are based on getting to know each other. Really knowing each other. Gobs of potential topics: kid’s names, hobbies, worries, goals, dreams, pet peeves and the list goes on.
And this should never feel manipulative.
The text book stuff about relationships didn’t become crystal clear until i retired. When you are the CEO of your own gig, everything is your fault. And everything is also your opportunity.
Other people are the key to building something wonderful.
But if you’re going to ask for something, give first.
Otherwise it feels kinda creepy. Desperate even.
Fast forward. An executive reaches out to me electronically asking for serious advice. But he did not give first. For example he could have made an introductory comment from something on my LinkedIn profile.
If people don’t find creative ways to talk about the whole person, all we see is a business mindset.
Everyone is a real person, including the CTO who asked without so much as a “good morning, nice to meet you”.
i was nice to him, and offered to answer any of his questions, anytime.
He offered nothing in return.
Two things: it comes with the territory, and don’t be that guy to others.
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