by Eric | Mar 5, 2015 | career, networking, personal development, small business
Let me be clear about something: I made more money in HIGH SCHOOL than my first year as an entrepreneur. Results like that make you seriously evaluate your decision to “go it on your own.” People tell you that you want to be self employed…until you...
by Eric | Jul 3, 2014 | Branding, career, LinkedIn, networking, personal development
Like many other people, I have felt the sting of rejection. There have been jobs I was not hired for, contracts I was not awarded and keynotes I was not selected to deliver. To make matters worse, my 8th grade girlfriend broke up with me (Ocotber 1984). Ugh! No one...
by Eric | Jun 24, 2014 | Branding, career, employment, entrepreneur, LinkedIn, personal development, social media
I now admit – I was operating from a position of ignorance. I had never actually used the LinkedIn: Premium service. I taught weekly classes on LinkedIn and people always ask me about it. What did I say? “Not worth it.” I was telling people the juice...
by Eric | May 23, 2013 | communication, communications, personal development, presentation, presentations, Uncategorized
Nervous Yet? My daughter recently had a presentation coming up where she was going to speak before her class. “Daddy”, she asked, “You do this all the time. Do you get nervous speaking in front of people?” All the time! Everyone gets nervous...
by Eric | Feb 7, 2013 | employment, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, networking, personal development, Uncategorized
As I look over many of my clients and presentations from 2012, many of them have one common factor: Lou. Lou is a true connector. He knows people and those people like AND respect him. You could play the “6 degrees of Kevin Bacon” game with Lou and just...
by Eric | Dec 27, 2012 | communication, communications, personal development, presentation, presentations, Steve Jobs
The Gettysburg Address had 272 words and took less than 2 minutes to deliver. One of the best speeches ever delivered, it was passionate and inspirational. Business people could take a lesson from President Lincoln: shorter is better. In 1988, then Governor Bill...
