

Quick Tips
Attitude Tips
- Information Tip:
- Never sell anyone short without having all the information.
- Extra Special Behaviorial Tip:
- Keep Smiling. There’s always a humorous side to everything.
- Health Tip:
- Laughter is the best medicine…hang around with funny people.
- Existential Tip:
- Half of success is showing up, half is knowing what to say, and the other half is following through.
- Start Now Tip:
- It’s never too early to plan for success.
- Think First Tip:
- Rarely does success fall from the sky…it takes planning and attitude
- Think First Tip:
- It all matters. Think and plan more…act less.
- Connection Improvement Tip:
- Everyone is important. Treat them that way.
- Motivational Tip:
- Practice positive thinking— remember the little train that could.
- Educational Tip:
- You can learn something from everyone.
- Ridiculously Long Tip:
- Apparently we’re all scanners. Negative Scanners find something wrong even when everything is going along just fine. Positive Scanners always manage to see the bright side of things even when maybe they shouldn’t. Which would you rather be? And which would most people rather spend time with?
- Stand Out Tip:
- Do something to get noticed!
- Shine On Tip:
- Brighten up everyone’s day.
- Shine On Tip:
- Shine…and brighten up someone’s day
- Existential Tip:
- Have Fun, Be Fun, Exude Fun
- Educational Tip:
- We all make mistakes…learn from them
- Travel Tip:
- Complain if the hotel has problems and compliment them if it is a great stay
- Tip About Niceness:
- Say “thank you” and “good job” more often
- Homework Tip:
- You don’t improve if you don’t practice
- Be Aware Tip:
- It’s all important—words, tone, posture
- Honesty Tip:
- Become comfortable telling the truth
- Oooops Tip:
- We all make mistakes. It’s what you do next that counts.
- No Kidding Tip:
- Don’t be boring
- Puposeful Tip:
- Begin each day as if it were on purpose
- Mental Health Tip:
- Be positive always!
- Improve The World Tip:
- Be fun, have fun, spread the fun
- Get Smarter Tip:
- Listening and not talking makes you smarter (well, sort of)
- It’s Happening Always Tip:
- Get Comfortable With Change
- Improve The World Tip:
- Practice Judgment Free Listening
- Keep on Truckin’ tip:
- The way to success is to keep on going when everyone around you is slowing down.
- Cheer Up Tip:
- Failure is only the universe’s way of teaching you something
- Mental Health Tip:
- Exude Positivity. Think positive, act positive, be positive, stay positive. Be a pillar of positivity. Exude Positivity.
- Mental Health Tip:
- Look on the bright side.
- Improve The World Tip:
- Believe you can. Act your belief. And others will believe it too.
- Wellness Tip:
- Your mind influences your body—banish bad thoughts
- Behavior Tip:
- Always act like you’re meeting the queen (and no, don’t put your arm around her)
- Existential Tip:
- Perception is reality—if you present yourself as fun, you will be; if you present yourself as successful, you will be; and if you present yourself as a great person to get to know, they’ll fall all over themselves trying to meet you.
- Self Improvement Tip:
- Own up to your mistakes—and learn for the next time.
- Behavior Tip:
- Act as you want to be!
- Accept Responsibility Tip:
- If you’re wrong, say so. You’ll be amazed how people respond to that rare individual who accepts total responsibility for their ideas and actions.
- Become A Genius Tip:
- Admit you’re not an expert on everything. Seek advice on things you don’t know about. Listen to the advice…and give credit where credit is due. People will think you’re a genius and want to meet you.
- Mental Health Tip:
- Never leave people on a down note
- Music Tip:
- Never leave people on a down note
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Focus Tips
- Brain Building Tip:
- Intelligence – gathering the facts before making the decision
- Grab It Tip:
- Think, Plan, Practice—always be ready for opportunities
- Hang In There Tip:
- Practice persistence
- Tip For Connecting:
- Be Totally With the One You’re With
- Tip For Connecting:
- Listen more, talk less
- Zen Tip:
- Listen to hear
- Be Aware Tip:
- What you focus on determines how you act.
- Speak Up Tip:
- Ask good questions, get good answers
- Awareness Tip:
- Instead of Time Management Think Activity Management
- Medical Tip:
- Don’t be the disease, be the cure.
- Mental Health Tip:
- Save Your Brain…Stop Multitasking
- Build Your Brain Tip:
- Open Your Mind… Read Everything
- Health Tip:
- Breath and everything changes.
- Language Tip:
- Words matter. Know what you’re saying.
- Hanging Around Tip:
- Where you stand determines what you see
- Mental Health Tip:
- Think Positively. That’s it, just Think Positively.
- Safety Tip:
- Always, always, always pay attention to the most important task…especially if you’re driving
- Typo Tip:
- Be observant always and notice all kinds of useful things
- Improve World Tip:
- Practice good manners, always
- Be A Star Tip:
- Concentration is the opposite of Multitasking. Practice the former and be a star, practice the latter and warm the bench.
- Tip To Stay Alive:
- Breathing Is Good
- Esoteric Tip:
- Know what they mean—and how they affect you and others
- Success Tip:
- Do what you promise.
- Energizing Tip:
- What gets you up in the morning? Do more of it.
- Attention Tip:
- Focus, Focus, Focus!
- Be Ready Tip:
- Take a deep breath, think positive thoughts, smile, now you’re ready to enter the room and meet that new connection.
- Centering Tip:
- Be all there!
- Song Tip:
- Be With The One You’re With
- Life Tip:
- Your life is the sum of all that you focus on
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Networking Tips
- Ongoing Tip:
- Networking: It’s a process not a transaction
- Embarrassingly Obvious Tip:
- Stay Connected
- News Tip:
- Talk to everyone, you never know who might be a reporter
- Hang In There Tip:
- Think about where you should be going, what you want other people to know about you, and then make sure you follow up and stay in touch.
- Odd Opportunity Tip:
- Go to a bonfire. Eat, drink, and meet your neighbors…they all do something interesting.
- Action Tip:
- Respond to things—it works
- Travel Tip:
- Act like everyone in the airport is your good friend. You might wind up in first class.
- Tip For Hanging Out:
- Stand in more lines—and talk to the people around you.
- Travel Tip:
- The best part of your trip might turn out to be standing in line
- Reach Out Tip:
- Stay in Touch
- Travel tip:
- Go someplace new and different
- Travel Tip:
- Read luggage tags in airports
- Brain Tip:
- Chat and get smarter
- Tip For Doing Good:
- Volunteer. You never know who you’ll meet
- Decorating Tip:
- Change your décor and get people talking
- Spiritual Tip:
- We’re all connected
- Clarity Tip:
- Eschew obfuscation
- Exercise Tip:
- Walk more…drive less
- Travel Tip:
- Go someplace different
- Existential Tip:
- This is the day you meet someone you can’t believe you never met before.
- Embarrassingly Obvious Tip:
- It’s all about people
- Food Tip:
- Invite more people you don’t know to lunch
- Existential Tip:
- Silence Is Good, Share It Often
- Purposeful Tip:
- Live a purposeful life, network purposefully
- Kay’s Mom’s Tip:
- When introducing yourself: Stand up, Speak up, Tell people what you need, Shut up.
- Food Tip:
- Invite someone new to lunch
- Super Networker Tip:
- Just do something nice for people
- Ego Improvement Tip
- Cheer people up, get a standing ovation
- Tell Your Story Tip:
- You never know when the person you know will think of the perfect connection for you—and they need to remember who you are to share the information.
- Be A Grabber Tip:
- Seize Every Opportunity, Always
- Rembrance Tip:
- If they can’t hear you introduce yourself they can hardly be expected to remember who you are.
- Travel Tip:
- Always talk to whoever is in the next seat.
- Get A Plug Tip:
- Send us stories and ideas and you too might show up in our newsletter.
- Get A Plug Tip:
- Always include all the important information. Otherwise how will people be able to help you?
- Out Of Your Skin Tip:
- Step out of your comfort zone…talk to someone who looks totally different
- Network Expansion Tip:
- Always be ready to grab opportunities.
- Connection Improvement Tip:
- It’s about them!
- Story Tip:
- Know your story—and tell it well!
- Skills Improvement Tip:
- The more you teach the better you get.
- Be A Good Person Tip:
- Volunteer…you get back more than you give
- Embarrassingly Obvious Tip:
- Stay in Touch
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Pot Luck Tips
- Pay Attention Tip:
- It’s often the little things that make the difference
- Pick A Person Tip:
- Anyone can be the right person.
- Brain Building Tip:
- Most of us have a brain, use yours often.
- Warning Tip:
- Think about the workload before deciding how to stay connected
- Tip About Time:
- It takes as long as it takes.
- Have Fun Tip:
- Life is an adventure, show up and participate
- Save Your Breath Tip:
- Constantly talking isn’t communication.
- Travel Tip:
- There’s always a path towards the light
- Be Aware Tip:
- Everything is important, and noticed.
- Stress Reducing Tip:
- We’re all human, mistakes happen.
- Existential Tip:
- We’re all connected somehow
- Keep Out The Flies Tip:
- Keep Your Eyes Open and Your Mouth Closed
- Tip For Better Understanding:
- Stamp out stereotyping
- Mental Health Tip:
- Feel good about yourself and attract similar people. We won’t even mention the flip side of this idea.
- Climbing Tip:
- Get out of your rut
- Tip Tip:
- Appreciate everyone…get better tips
- Thanksgiving Tip:
- Eat the turkey, don’t be the turkey.
- Book Tip:
- Become a networking genius, buy a copy of Conversation On Networking—and don’t forget to read it and do the exercises
- Philosophical Tip:
- Failure is only the universe’s way of teaching you something
- Travel Tip:
- People are the same everywhere
- Expand Your Mind Tip:
- Read A Thesaurus
- Telephone Tip:
- They know what you’re doing.
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Random
- Esoteric Tip:
- The effort will be rewarded
- Food Tip:
- Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Re-engineer that stress into something tasty.
- Philosophical Tip:
- Every time you’re someplace, you’re not someplace else
- Existential Tip:
- You can only be in one place at a time…make sure it’s where you want to be
- Keep It In Mind Tip:
- Networking is not sales
- Connection Improvement Tip:
- Walking side by side with the person is more successful than confronting them head on.
- Honesty Tip:
- Mean what you say; say what you mean.
- Existential Tip:
- Genuine interest is its own reward
- Prediction Tip:
- The future is coming. Be prepared.
- Zen Tip:
- The past is never lost
- Medical Tip:
- Keep your brain connected
- Food Tip:
- Eat an apple…make better decisions
- Existential Tip:
- Remember that an expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less until eventually he knows everything about nothing
- Philosophical Tip:
- Wherever you go…there you are
- Tip About Ears:
- Listen, listen, then listen some more
- Directional Tip:
- Know Where You’re Going
- Lighten Up Tip:
- It’s only as bad as you let it be
- Tip To Contemplate:
- Who would you rather spend time with—someone who is bringing you down or someone who is building you up? So would everyone else.
- Shameless Plug Tip:
- Come See Steve “Networking In These Times, Becoming More Effective.”
- Memorability Tip:
- Memorability can be good and bad …which do you have? Leave a positive memory.
- Non-Verbal Tip:
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- Educational Tip:
- Silent and listen use the same letters.
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