Lately I noticed that I have not been keeping my commitments because I have been overbooking myself and then having to back pedal. And, I don’t like myself much for canceling when I gave my word to another.

Webster’s defines commitment as a promise or pledge to something or someone, a personal commitment not only to self but to others. So I had to take a hard look at what I was doing and to stop it, dead in its tracks.
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As business professionals, one of the requirements of “doing business” is networking. Having been in the service business most of my working life, it has become second nature to me and many who know me would say I could be the quintessential networker.

These days there are many faces to networking: business events; organizations that tout building relationships and having others sell for you; or the proverbial “meet and greet” functions, with its casts of thousands, who stand around shaking hands and handing out business cards which usually doesn’t lead anywhere.
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