The PROPER Way to Make an Email Introduction
There is one absolutely right way and one absolutely wrong way to introduce two people via email.
The wrong way: “You should talk to my friend Meghan. Here’s her email. Tell her I sent you.”
The right way: Read on, MacDuff.
Have you ever had someone call or email you out of the blue, and …
Networking and Business Growth for Massage Therapists
I’m surprised at the number of people who think networking is a waste of time. They think it’s silly, or some piece of business jargon that means standing around with a coffee in your hand talking about nothing.
I especially hear it from people who don’t have jobs that typically rely on networking, but they …
Productivity: Get Up Early (or Stay Up Late)
If you want to truly succeed in life, you need to get up early! The earlier, the better! While all those other slackers are getting up at 5:30 am, you’re just finishing your workout!
Unless, that is, you’re more of a night owl.
In which case, you need to stay up late! The later, the …
Workplace Etiquette Rules You Should Have Learned in Kindergarten
Workplace etiquette is about more than just being nice to people, or remembering special events, or greeting people with a kind word. Sometimes, it’s something as basic as “don’t be an a-hole,” and yet we still have to remind people of that.
Bonnie Low-Kramen’s post last week on workplace etiquette and the idea of sometimes …
Writing Is Not Typing
Unlike most other activities, writing is one of those things you can do when you’re not tapping away at your keyboard. Not sitting in your favorite coffee shop, pen in hand. Not taking notes about your latest blog post or article.
In fact, writing — “constant writing,” as Jeff Goins calls it — is an …
Three Ways to Create Luck
Dave didn’t really want to go to the networking meeting. It was the fifth one this month, and he was getting tired of the bad coffee and the too-soft bagels. But he had promised Shannon after bumping into her at the store. She invited him, saying it was some exciting new group, and he would …
Three Secrets to Writing Better
So much of what I read these days is utter crap.
Such useless, boring, turgid, awful crap that I get Qwertyitis planting my face into my keyboard.
It’s not the topics, it’s not the viewpoint, and it’s not even that I truly couldn’t give a shit about the subject.
It’s that the writing is so …
Use Humor Safely During Your Next Talk
Many people advise new speakers to avoid using humor during their talks.
“It’s not a safe subject,” they say. “It will almost certainly backfire, and you could cause yourself a lot of trouble.”
Sure, if you have all the self-awareness of Michael Scott in a coma, yes, it will backfire. If you’ve been told to …
Overcoming Writer’s Block
We’ve all been faced with a blank page, a blank screen, an empty notebook. Our minds are either a swirling vortex of ideas with no guidance, or they’re as empty as the page you’re looking at.
It’s the dreaded Writer’s Block, the bane of every writer at least once in his or her life.
You’re …
GetGlue and GoodReads Don’t Promote Your Brand
I hate GetGlue, even though I have an account. And I don’t use my GoodReads account except to keep track of books I want to read when I don’t have my little notebook handy.
Why? Why do I dislike these two wildly popular social networks?
Because they promote doing nothing so you can tell people …