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How Do You Help People You Meet

February 19th, 2012

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You have been out mingling on behalf of the company where you work. Now you are back at the office intent on following up with several people. You have just met a young lady and you think she could have good use of a book you have read about presentation skills, How to Wow. You decide to email her a link, so she may order it from Amazon. If you feel in a more generous mood you can give people the actual book. I keep my bookshelf filled with give-away-sets of a few useful books. The other day I gave away How to Wow as you may see in the picture below.

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Steven King, JFK and time travel

February 4th, 2012

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Cape Cod Life

Who killed John F. Kennedy? Is not the question this book tries to answer, but rather how to stop the assasination? Jake is an english professor on a mission. Along the way he learns to take any tools he finds to get the job down. Because as Jake says “the future is not malevolent it just does not want to be changed”. A beautiful picture is beeing painted of the World Ago, late fifties and early sixties. A more trusting America. And it is SO believable I want to go there for a four month holiday. I Have read you a couple of my favorite quotes.

About listening (30 seconds)

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Tim Sanders vs. Niccolo Machiavelli

February 4th, 2012

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-Compassionate connecting versus Machiavelli`s murderous plotting

Sanders urges you to give away your wealth of knowledge, network or compassion. In Sander`s mind you gather contacts and knowledge exactly so you can share them. If people exploit your generosity you have lost nothing. Your contacts are still yours. There is only upside for you.

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Is Your Business Lucky by Design?

January 26th, 2012

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LUCKY BY DESIGN

LUCKY BY DESIGN

Beth has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs to grow. Including me. She helped us understad how our customers think and what our customers see as valuable and fun. Beth furthermore helps us use that knowledge to create targeted sales and marketing programs that drive revenue growth while increasing profitability and customer loyalty. All these years of front line experience have been packed into this book. It is very hands on.

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5 mingletriks du lærer på 5 minutter foran speilet

January 3rd, 2012

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Dette er deg. Du står sju skritt unna speilet. Strekk ut høyre hånd. Smil. Gå med bestemte skritt mot deg selv.

Se inn i venstre øye mens du går.

Si f.eks “Navnet er Bond, James Bond. Hva heter du?” Rett før du sier denne

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