Blog Entries tagged 'relationships'

Finding Wisdom

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I wrote a book along with Scott Zimmerman and Dr. Tony Alessandra called The Platinum Rule for Small Business Mastery. It is available on www.amazon.com. The Platinum Rule teaches us to treat others the way they want to be treated. This is especially important in business (sales, marketing, employees, etc). My daughter (Emily) just graduated from college and was reading the book. Below is theemail I received from her. "A quote on sales I thought you’d appreciate, because it paral [...]

Something not to laugh about

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Something not to laugh about

This is a very different article than is typically posted here. Read on at your own risk.

On November 2, 2006, I held our fourth annual Celebrating Success! NEO Business Conference. The conference is designed to celebrate the successes of small business and have them teach conference attendees what they did right.

The day went well but there were two things that happened that I don’t understand.

The first was a comment on the confe [...]

The Problem With Sales - A True Story

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Building Better Relationships – A True Story

“We decided we will not be getting insurance through you. I was quite disturbed at what happened at the Trade Show. You are aware that orthodox Jews do not shake hands with the opposite gender. You put my wife on the spot where she had to choose between embarrassing you or making you feel uncomfortable by not responding to a handshake. Joan always does her utmost not to cause discomfort for anyone, Jew or non-Jew. It would have b [...]