Dig Your Well Before Youre Thristy by Harvey Mackay

March 28, 2010 Jeffrey's Book Club

Harvey Mackay is a legend when it comes to networking strategies and teaching easy to follow principles on how to build a strong network before you ever need it. This is a great book for people who want to understand the actions that need to be taken to create deep relationships with family, friends [...]

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Toastmasters Speech #2: Delivering Memorable Wedding Toast

March 28, 2010 Jeffrey Speaks
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Bottled Water

March 1, 2010 Health

I had the great pleasure of watching the movie tapped this week thanks to a great event hosted by my friend Tina Scherr of Pure Water Technologies. It was a really awesome event at the La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas.  My suggestion is that everyone should see this movie, no matter if you are a [...]

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The Go Giver

February 28, 2010 Jeffrey's Book Club

The Go Giver Book by Bob Burg and John David Mann provides a simple yet powerful philosophy to lead our entire lives.  The 5 Principles in the book are outlined below and it is the implementation of these principles that makes life more fulfilling and rich than a life lead from an egotistical standpoint.  I [...]

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Never Eat Alone

February 25, 2010 Jeffrey's Book Club

Here is Keith Ferrazzi’s strategy for developing a network of contacts before you will ever need them:
Here is PDF:  Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi

Categorize, Prioritize, Track and Schedule Weekly Outreach

Divide your network into categories: Personal, Clients, Prospects, Important Business Associates (currently in business with and plan to be in future), Aspirational Contacts

Don’t include personal [...]

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How to Build A Warm Network

February 23, 2010 Marketing

Here is a plan to be completed in 25 Minutes per day to grow a warm network.  I would like to thank my great friend Jeff Riddle for not only teaching me the importance of connecting with people on a regular basis but also a practical plan to make this come to fruition:
Monday

Write 4 Handwritten [...]

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Toastmasters Ice Breaker Speech

February 16, 2010 Jeffrey Speaks

Here is my 1st speech at Voyagers Toastmasters Club, where I deliver my Ice Breaker speech. The Ice Breaker Speech is the 1st in a series of 10 speeches that form the Competent Communicator. My goal for 2010 is to become a competent communicator at Toastmasters.

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4 Hour Work Week

February 2, 2010 Jeffrey's Book Club

I do enjoy reading books, but there are a handful of books in life that I feel have truly altered the way I live my life.  The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss is certainly one of those texts that leaves me enlivened and fulfilled each time I devour the pages and apply the [...]

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Deliver Effective PowerPoint Presentations

February 2, 2010 Marketing

It seems like PowerPoint Presentations have become the standard in business these days as a format to deliver information to a group of people.  These presentations could take place in a corporate board room, Parent Teacher Association meeting or even a webinar.  As I was preparing for an important webinar this week teaching lawyers from [...]

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CrossFit Invictus

January 22, 2010 Health

As part of my 90 Day Health Challenge, I have been working out at CrossFit Invictus in downtown San Diego.  Working out at 6 AM 3 Days per week has been an awesome physical workout.  It is fun do to power lifting for the first time in my life.  I am far from throwing around [...]

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