Winging it!

I had a friend come to one of my networking groups today, only to tell us that she's changing positions at work and will no longer be networking in her new position. Her logic was that she's been doing this for almost 18 months, spent a lot of money doing her various networking activities and she's only just started to see the results coming in. Ugghh... So frustrating because if she could only hang in there, I think she'd see the pay off. However, I'm not in her financial shoes, so I can't make her decisions. Here's the thing about networking. You can't give up! I hear about people giving up all the time. We live in a world of instant gratification and that's just not how networking works. Building relationships takes time. Be yourself, get to know people and build those relationships. I also believe you need to stay in a networking group for longer than a couple of months. I don't understand why people change their networking groups e

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 I blew it. I went almost a full month without posting in my blog. I did jump on here and jot down some ideas, however I didn't have the time to write a full post. I've decided to combine some of those posts into one blog called, "As summer is finally winding down." We had a fabulous family vacation at the lake. Family, friends, good times, and great memories. The countdown for next year has already begun. With all of my big vacationing behind me for the year, I'm re-energized and on the road to re-focusing on work. I've had to speak at a couple different groups while home, in between all of my traveling and I managed to do them well. Sometimes I think it's easier to focus on getting something done when your time is limited. Now I have a speech coming up at the end of this month with endless time to prepare.... All I need is an idea of what to speak about. (Your ideas are welcome!!) While I had several months of travel a