Don’t Network Like This

Don’t Network Like This

Bad Network If your efforts to network look like this, you might have a problem. In this view of networking, people and relationships are utilitarian. They’re used and not honored. While you might achieve a level of success using this method, it dehumanizes,...

Does Facebook Cheapen Your Relationships?

Have you ever wondered if Facebook cheapens your relationships? Seriously, have you thought about whether you’re building relationships or just serving some narcissistic need to feel informed, important, and connected? About whether you really care about people...

Why I Love Weddings

I have to tell you, I think weddings totally rock!  There’s such excitement and anticipation.  There are all kinds of people showing up and sharing their lives – sometimes even family and friends from other countries.  It’s just a powerful thing. A...

How Well do You Maintain Relationships?

Image via Wikipedia I don’t do a great job of maintaining relationships. I can talk a good game but in the end I do a much better job of maintaining distractions than I do in actually sharing my life with people. In fact, if I don’t see you on a regular...

You Can’t Have Fondue on Facebook

How is your online social life? Seriously, how are you doing? What are you doing? Do you have a lot of friends? Do you invest a lot of time building relationships that mean something? Do you invest in relationships with people you actually know? Are you looking for...