How To Get People To Meet With You: part 2
If you do get a meeting with someone after requesting a very specific amount of their time (as we discussed in part one of this post), make sure that you honor the boundaries of your request. If you asked for 13 minutes, at minute number twelve say something along the lines of: “I requested 13 […]
How To Get People To Meet With You: part 1
“Do you have a minute?” When someone says that to you, you pretty much know you’ll be talking to them for more than a minute. (And if you get out in under ten minutes you count yourself lucky, right?) “Just five minutes” really means fifteen… and “fifteen” is around a half hour… and, well, you […]
Why They Don’t Want To Talk To You
One of my favorite (paraphrased) quotes is by business consultant Alan Weiss: “If you can read with comprehension, write with expression, speak with influence, and listen with discernment – the world is yours.” That quote is the reason I am contributing to this blog. Because by helping you learn how to use language to lower […]
Why You Are A Psycho Until Proven Otherwise
There are a lot of weird, inappropriate people in the world. And a percentage of them become actors. Those actors, with their flaky, rude, non-professional, and loony behavior, have spoiled it for the rest of us. At least it can feel that way. It can feel like a majority of industry folks (after a couple […]
Why Is Your Hard Work Not Paying Off?
You’re a smart, proactive actor. You’ve been diligently and consistently doing all of the “right” things for months (maybe even years.) So why aren’t you getting the results you want?! Well, here’s the deal…