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Why the Mastermind Doesn’t Work in Politics.

February 10, 2010

How can it be that with over 400 members of the house of representatives and 100 senators that so few good ideas come out of Congress?  The answer lies in one of the most important elements of the mastermind principle, which is “harmony”.  One of the reasons the mastermind concept,principle, as explained by Napoleon Hill [...]

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My Favorite Coffee Shop Closed, but . . .

January 28, 2010

For the past two years, I’ve been hanging out at a wonderful little coffee shop in Ellicott City, Maryland called Java Grande.  I used to meet clients there, network, or just go to sit and get out of the office. Java had a “Cheers” like atmosphere that will never be duplicated at a chain coffee [...]

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Blue Marble 4Life – Please check this out!

August 16, 2009

I have been working with my dear friend, Elizabeth Zachariah, to create a program designed to touch the lives of people around the world and to bring us together, without political agendas, or anything other than a spirit of friendship. The program is called Blue Marble 4Life.
Please listen to this audio:

Then, visit the [...]

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Facebook Usage tied to Lost Productivity at Work.

July 26, 2009

I posted this in response to an article about companies losing productivity at work because of excessive Facebook usage by employees:
Companies should consider educating their employees on how to use Facebook, and social media generally to enhance not hinder their work performance. It’s not the tool but how people are using it that affects [...]

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Happy Father’s Day Daddy!

June 21, 2009

I just got off the phone with my father. What a wonderful conversation it was. I never envisioned growing up how enjoyable it would be to talk to my father about life and stuff. What a wonderful inspiration he has been to me. I love that man!

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Do these things if you’re serious about your business.

June 20, 2009

This is a tough love post. I interact with a lot of people on and offline every day, and most of them are complaining about how bad their business is, but when I ask them what they are doing to turn it around there is always silence or excuses. The fact is you [...]

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Tweetmeme.com Provides Power Twitter Search.

June 19, 2009

Check out http://www.tweetmeme.com. This service provides a powerful way to slice and dice data coming out of Twitter. It searches links embedded in tweets and pulls the actual content into a nicely organized database that makes it better than Google results for getting news.

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Introducing – The Relationship Marketing Center.

June 11, 2009
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“Click”, by George C. Fraser

May 28, 2009

I never thought I would come across a book that was more powerful than “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, but I found that “Click” by George C. Fraser blew away that thought. There are two books that I feel every serious business networker should read cover to cover, over and over. One [...]

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What are you Doing with your Words?

May 27, 2009

“A gossip is one that talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself”. Lisa Kirk
Which one of these best describes your chat activity with others? Determining this may give you some insight into why [...]

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