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7 Compelling Calls to Action

I do my best to hide my panic, not aware that the next 2 minutes in front of my volunteer team will produce such dramatic results. In two weeks we’re holding a barbecue for 40 people. And my barbecue sponsor just backed out. So I stand in front of the team prepared to beg for a [...]

Take It Personally

I decide to take Tom’s email personally, and that’s why he sprints over to me at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston and says the five most profitable words in all of Business Networking. Here’s what happened: 2 days earlier, Tom sends an email to several hundred of his closest contacts. “I’ll be at the Boston [...]

Parking Wars

It’s 12:03pm on the third Monday as I face the toughest parking challenge in all of Boston. An empty street. There are no lines marking the spots. So as the street sweepers pull away, I am free to claim any section of curb I want. It’s paralyzing. I choose a spot slightly beyond my front [...]

Trolley Baseball

I’m playing Trolley Baseball as sweat drips off my eyebrows in 97 degree heat waiting for the #77 bus on Mass Ave in Arlington Heights last Wednesday. Trolley Baseball started back when I was 12. There were always more trolleys headed in the opposite direction. Frustrating. And clearly impossible. Trolleys that go out have to come [...]