Wear two badges

Many people who are at a networking event do not take this opportunity to advertise their services. When you check in to the event, take two badges. One should have your name and the other should list what service you provide. Do not go over board and start to list 100 things. Just write a few words of what you do. For Example, on my second badge I always write “Life & Business Coach”.

Many-a-times this is a good ice breaker. When you are walking around, people do read your second badge. Without a badge explaining what you provide, it is hard for people to talk to you at first. By having your service listed, you are giving people an opportunity to introduce themselves to you.

There have been so many times that I have been at an event and I will be passing someone by and they will read my second badge and say “Oh! I am glad I found you….I was looking for this” or “I know who you should meet, I was just talking to….”

Let people know who you are.

Tune in tomorrow for the next topic.

Sal

Day 2: Analyzing yourself

Welcome to Day 2. Today we will learn how to identify our strengths and weaknesses.

Strengths are those characters that allow us to move forward and instill confidence in us. Whereas weakness hold us back or create obstacles in our efforts.

Self analysis is a two part process. It involves looking inside yourself as well as gathering information from the people you trust and value their opinion.

Let us get started. You will need a notepad and a pen. The easiest way to start is create two columns on the notepad, and write the heading “Strengths” on one side and “Weaknesses” on the other. Then, for each category, and in no specific order, list your strengths and weaknesses.

Take your time, and be honest with yourself.

For the next part, ask the people whose opinion you value (friend, spouse, boss, co-worker) what do they see as your strengths and weaknesses. Tell them to be brutally honest. This is very important.

Start to add to the same list the strengths and weaknesses they tell you. Now, you may notice that some of the items are already there. Instead of writing that item again, mark it (as many times as it is repeated by others).

You may also find that some people are listing an item as a weakness and that you have identified it as a strength or vise-a-verse. It is very important to note those items. If people classify some characteristic as a weakness more than a strength, you need to take note of that.

After completing the above exercise, now clean up you list of strength and weaknesses. The list you are left with are your true strength and weaknesses, as seen by you AND others.

Your goal should be to decrease your weaknesses and convert your weaknesses to strengths. Do accomplish this, for each weakness, create a list of things you need to do in order to change it to a strength.

Then, as Nike says…”Just Do It!”

Next we will learn how to identify your goals in life and business/career.

Please tune in later.

Sal

My First Blog

Hello To All,
Well! I finally did it. I am now going to start blogging. I am searching for the right idea/topic to write about. In the meantime, if anyone out there has any questions on life, business, how to focus, make more money, enjoy life….whatever, please email me.

Otherwise, keep your feeds open for a new post shortly.

Bye