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By: Verna Wilder

Verna Wilder — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:24:09 +0000

These points are really good, Andrew, especially the one about looking for ways to give to others. It doesn’t cost anything to help other people, it is not time-consuming or stressful, and it doesn’t take anything at all away from the giver. I’m amazed more people don’t do it. And what we get back may not come from the person we gave to (like the pay it forward idea).

The paradox of this whole thing is that when we give from the heart, we do it with no expectation of return, and having no expectation of return, we are often the recipients of all kinds of gifts. Life’s funny that way.

I look forward to reading more on this subject and others, Andrew. Thanks.

By: Rosa Say

Rosa Say — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:47:50 +0000

There’s some other advice I give to young managers Andrew, and that is to keep track of people! The day is going to come that you miss them and want to get back in touch - do you know how to get hold of them? This was a bit harder in the days before email, but now those e-addresses and sites like LinkedIn make it a lot easier. My Ho’ohana e-letter was born from this desire; a way to keep in touch with people who I no longer worked with, either because they’d moved on or I had. It’s led to so much more; one of the best investments in time I’ve ever made.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:24:40 +0000

I like the Zig Ziglar line (and I try to live by it as often as I can)…”If you help enough other people get what they want, then you’ll be able to get what you want.”

By: Blaine Collins

Blaine Collins — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:32:17 +0000

Andrew,

Good points about networking. I recently completed Never Eat Alone. Keith Ferrazzi does hit on some of the same ideas, especially the lesson that networking is more about what you can do for others than what they can do for you. Although he certainly makes a point to carefully select who he seeks to bring into his network, the active focus is on, What knowledge or contacts do I have that might be of benefit to the other person? I always think that what goes around comes around, so any benefits that are meant for me will come around in the long run.