It’s safe to say that the majority of the world thinks Twitter is a waste of time. Yes, Twitter is a darling of the New York Times and frequents front pages of mainstream media. But Twitter gets coverage not because the intelligentsia loves Twitter, but because the intelligentsia hates feeling like it’s falling behind.
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Browsing category "Networking"Twitter can save your life
Posted to: Networking
February 10th, 2010
Chat with me tonight, live, via video.
Posted to: Networking
February 3rd, 2010
Is this even a good headline for a blog post? I don't know. Do you want to know what I'm like unedited? Read this blog post. I never post unedited, but my editor has a day job, and he has no time to deal with manufactured emergencies like this one, so I'm just posting this [...] Underrated career skill: Asking questions
Posted to: Managing Up | Networking
December 15th, 2009
It might be that the only useful thing you ever learned in school (besides how to make small talk at a party) is how to ask a good question. 4 Lies about social media
October 21st, 2009
Everyone knows that the best way to get a job is to leverage your network. And almost everyone knows that social media is a great way to build your network. 4 Types of questions get us in trouble
October 12th, 2009
How far you get, in almost anything, is limited mainly by your ability to ask good questions. How to recognize bad advice about work
May 12th, 2009
Be careful who you take career advice from. Knowing who to take advice from is a really good skill for any aspect of your life, but especially in the field of work, because work is changing very fast right now. A lot of advice that was good ten years ago is not good now. And [...] Does it work to mix work and dating?
Posted to: Networking | Promoting Yourself
April 24th, 2009
I met D at a party. I was there with Ryan Paugh and a few bloggers from the Brazen Careerist network, and because it was SXSW and it was all parties all the time, I was pretty partied out. But the party was for Kirtsy, and I love the women who run Kirtsy, so I [...] Warning: I’m promoting my friend’s book
Posted to: Networking | Promoting Yourself
March 25th, 2009
This is another post about a book. Two days in a row. But before you get all giddy and think you should send your book to me so I'll write about it, forget it. How to talk to a friend who's been laid off
Posted to: Networking | Office Politics
February 10th, 2009
Being laid off used to be taboo. But not anymore. And most of us have thought through some sort of plan for if it happens to us. Gone are the days when people pretend this is not happening. How to build a career as an artist
February 6th, 2009
Here's a post for all the people who are trying to be artists. It is not a friendly post. I do not think that people who want to create art need to get paid to do it. Do you get paid to have sex? No. Same thing. You love it, but you just do it [...] 5 Career tips women should run from
January 12th, 2009
There’s a huge market for telling women how to be happier. Maybe it’s because women read more than men. Or maybe it’s the discrepancy that women know when they are overweight and men don’t. Or the discrepancy that most men think they are good parents and most women think they need to be better parents. [...] 5 Time management tricks I learned from years of hating Tim Ferriss
Posted to: Networking | Productivity
January 8th, 2009
I have hated Tim Ferriss for a long time. I have hated him since we both had editors at Crown Publishing who sat next to each other and I heard how difficult he is. How to write an email that generates a useful response
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Networking
December 22nd, 2008
Most people who are on top of their game respond to most emails within 48 hours. However some emails are so terribly written that it’s actually impossible to send an answer. Other emails are so terribly written that the amount of time it would take to figure out what to answer is simply not worth [...] Think of networking as a lifestyle, not an event
Posted to: Networking
November 11th, 2008
Remember the post about how I got dumped and still made it to a meeting with a venture capitalist in Menlo Park? Did you vote today?
Posted to: Networking
November 4th, 2008
The question “Did you vote?” is viral. It feels good when someone asks me that question, and I feel good asking you: Did you vote? How to be more interesting to other people
February 10th, 2008
For a while, I was a visual artist. Well, sort of. I mean, I made money from it. But as you may know, I am a big advocate of specializing, and I realized that I had a better chance of being outstanding in my field by focusing on writing instead of visual art. Roundup of recent networking columns
Posted to: Networking
November 1st, 2007
Recently, I went to Cornell to speak to the MBA students about networking. Whenever I go somewhere to speak, there's a lively Q&A session afterward, and Cornell was no exception. I love the questions after a speech becuase I always learn so much from the discussion. I couldn't stop thinking about the topic, so I wrote [...] How to be likable to people who are complaining about you
Posted to: Networking | Office Politics
August 1st, 2007
I am always harping on how important it is to be nice. I have written about how you will be happy at work if you have three friends there, you will get promoted if people like you and you should try to be more likable no matter how likable you think you are right now. Etiquette for LinkedIn
Posted to: Networking
July 18th, 2007
I get a lot of invitations to connect on LinkedIn. This is no surprise because it's a great tool for professionals to connect. What might surprise you is that I say no to a lot of invitations. Sometimes I feel bad saying no, so I send back a little description of the lessons I've learned [...] How to start a quality conversation with someone you don't know
Posted to: Networking
July 9th, 2007
One of the hardest social situations to face is starting a conversation with someone you know very little about. You might already understand that the key to being a good conversationalist is to be a good listener; You need to ask questions that will get to the interesting part of someone, and then be truly [...] |
USA Today features me & the farmer and our failed prenup. http://bit.ly/9wN4RI The article stresses out the farmer. He feeds it to the pigs. 5 days ago
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