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Whenever you see a potential contact, come right up to them and give them your business card – if you want to fall under their radar.
“People don’t want to do business with business cards, they want to do business with people.”
~Audio (via @LewisHowes)
I’ve placed myself in an excellent position to observe networking patterns between homo [...]

A couple of week’s ago I was contacted by Jordan Harbinger. He’s a Radio DJ at Maxim Magazine’s Radio show called ‘Game On’ on SIRIUS Satellite Radio. He liked what he saw at this site, and wanted to do a live interview over at SIRIUS.
We were originally supposed to do something closer to the end [...]

“How can you have charisma? Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you.”
~Dan Reiland
It was a beautiful Sunday night in Israel when we arrived at the party. It was being held at a multimillionaires loft in order to honor his sons accomplishment, and we [...]

“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”
~Jerry Seinfeld
Important Bonus Information: This program officially launched last week, and [...]

After the successful launch of Get Applause Now I have been authorized to release the free ebook The Simple Steps To Deliver A Dazzling Presentation.
This powerful ebook serves as a taste of what you’ll find when you purchase the whole Get Applause Now system.
You might be wondering what Get Applause Now actually is. Get Applause [...]

Unique Blog Designs, the team that put together this here blog, is having a contest to celebrate the 1-Year Anniversary of their company. After redesigning themes for a couple of A-list bloggers, Nate Whitehill and UBD went on to Blog-stardom.
By writing this post, I’m participating in their contest. However, I would be doing this anyway, [...]

This week I decided to try something new for the Sunday’s speedlinking. I asked my Twitter followers to submit their best personal development article.
This Week’s Articles

Beginner’s Guide To Being Decisive by Avani-Mehta
Are You Listening To Your Self-Talk? by Jenny Mannion
Position Yourself To Be Passionate by Stanley Bronstein
How To Use Your Brain To Lose Weight by [...]

Here are some articles around the web that I think you will enjoy. The common denominator? They’re written by me or about me. I don’t want you guys missing out on the news.
By the way, I’m now actively using twitter, and in about a month when I get the new iPhone I will connect it [...]

A blog is a conversation between the writer and the readers that takes place from the posts into the comment box.
Many moons ago I was inspired by One2One conversations between Liz Strauss and Dawud Miracle.
They weren’t your standard post to comment box conversation, they actually took place between their blogs, as one would ask a [...]

Here are this week’s goodies from around the web:
Happiness: The Group Writing Project

Inspired Money Maker
Blog by Tyna
Kelvin Goh

Three new happiness projects this week. The numbers are really adding up!
If you haven’t participated yet, and would like to do so then get the instructions from Happiness: The Group Writing Project. To see the entire list of [...]