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Today's Quick 2-Minute Podcast Tip:
Today's Quick 2-Minute Podcast Tip:
Today's Quick 2-Minute Podcast Tip:
Today's Quick 2-Minute Podcast Tip:
Make it a point to be proactive this week as a resource for connecting people with with other in a meaningful and helpful way. Connecting contacts to each other in your network is a THREE-WAY BENEFIT -- it's a gift to BOTH of your contacts and it's ultimately a gift to yourself -- it feels good, it's intrinsically rewarding and it strengthens the quality of YOUR network.
Consider the following ways to connect others in your network to each other this week:
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Today's Quick 2-Minute Podcast Tip:
Today's Quick 2-Minute Podcast Tip:
Consider these questions:
To survive and thrive in the "new world" job market, it is absolutely essential that you develop and brand yourself as an expert in an area of high value.
Take inventory today of what you're known for -- your key strengths and key skills -- those skills that others would rate you as a "10" in. Are those highest-ranked strengths and skills considered extremely valuable to your current employer and to your clients/customers? THEY MUST BE -- in the best interest of both your employer, your customers AND your own professional achievement.
STOP and take a close look TODAY at your areas of strength and expertise. Identify those areas of strength and expertise that have the greatest capacity to add value to your employer, your customers and the marketplace. Take personal responsibility for the learning you may need to hone those strengths, and aggressively seek out projects, assignments and opportunities to apply those deep areas of expertise.
It's up to YOU to squeeze the greatest value out of what you do BEST (and what you're known for).
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Today's Quick 2-Minute Podcast Tip:
How well do YOU follow-through on your commitments to others? When you tell someone you're going to do someting or follow-up with some action, do you tend to do it? Do you do it on a timely basis?
Become a MASTER of follow-through. AVOID making commitments that you're not likely to keep. Write-down commitments in a place where they're likely to be reviewed and acted upon by the date you committed to. Embrace a personal mantra of under-promising and over-delivering.
Your reputation, credibility and level of trust are fashioned based upon how well you follow-through to others. Be a ROLE MODEL for follow-through; make follow-through one of the key features of your personal brand. Be known as "that person" that follows through on promises -- little ones and big ones.
What commitments have you made today, that you need to take note of and follow-through on?
Reflect back to last week, and ensure any promises and commitments you made are noted on your "to do" list or project list.
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