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One of the common reasons my friends do not post on social media is because they do not know what they should talk about.

For me I talk about three topics: How bad I eat, networking advice and my family. What I have found is that each one of these topics allows me to connect with a different group of my followers. When I talk about eating cookies and pizza, people will suggest new places to try or ask me if I want to meet up for pizza. When I talk about my family, my friends comment on how many nieces and nephews I have and how they are always my favorite on their birthdays. When I…

Just a reminder to check your calendar, before heading out the door, to see who it is that you are meeting. A few weeks ago, I forgot to do this, and it put me in an awkward position. I arrived at the meeting place and when I got out of my car the person was standing there and greeted me with a big hello and how happy they were to see me. I had no idea what their name was! I really didn’t want to say I am sorry I don’t remember your name, because that would be insulting. So, I sat through most of the meeting trying to remember and then he asked me if I could introduce him to someone. At…

I saw a friend last week that I hadn’t seen in a while. When he saw me, he smiled and said; I have taken the whole summer off from networking for my business and I am struggling to get reestablished. I smiled back and said that this issue is super common and that I have seen it repeatedly. The key is to get back to work as soon as you can, because if you don’t, it will soon be Thanksgiving and then you will tell yourself that you might as well wait until the new year to start. But of course, then it will be cold and snowy so you might as well wait for spring and the next thing you know you…

The hardest part of being an entrepreneur is the freedom to do whatever you want, whenever you want. You need to remember that with freedom comes responsibility. You need to be disciplined to be successful.

Let me recap a few conversations I had recently. I met with a new entrepreneur and he told me that he is struggling because he isn’t disciplined enough to get up every day and work on his business. He told me he often wastes time on social media and watching Netflix. So, we spoke about developing a list of three goals he wants to accomplish each day. This has helped him build a…

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Last night was my nephew’s 5th birthday, so I went over his house and had a few slices of cake with him. Now It would have been easy to skip the party because it was a weeknight, I had a bad day, and I still had plenty of work to do.

But he is my favorite nephew and I wouldn’t want to let him down. I loved watching his eyes bug out of his head when he unwrapped his gifts. Nothing I could have done last night would have been more important as that to me. I find that when I spend time with him it recharges my battery and makes me a better entrepreneur.

The challenge is we…

The simple answer to the question is to say no nicely.

Let me give you two examples. I reached out to a person to ask them if they were interested in attending business networking events and they responded NOPE!!!!!!!! Really, is that necessary? Did they really need to use that many exclamation points and all caps?

This morning I had a person respond by saying thank you for reaching out to me, but it’s not a match for my business at this time.

The answer is no in both scenarios, but the second person was polite and left the door open for us to do business in the future…

Last week I was viewing some social media profiles and I came across perhaps the angriest looking profile picture I have ever seen. Now this person would be perfect for my networking events, but I was hesitant to reach out to him because of his picture.

Now you might think that is silly, but as we all know, we tend to do business with people we know, like and trust. What does your profile picture say about you? Do you look likable? I know some people like to use a serious picture so that they come across as a professional, and I can respect that, but there is a fine line between…

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