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Sign Up hereLove Like Crazy By: David Alexander
Kimberly, my wife, gave me this sign for my birthday that says "love like crazy." It's been sitting on my dresser for several weeks now and I look at it every day. For some reason, those three little words have had quite an impact on me. The questions below have...
Choices–How to handle a bad referral. By: David Alexander
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” Dr. Seuss. That quote really makes me think. We face many relationship choices every day. So what do you do when people do things that just don't make...
Right Here Right Now by David Alexander
Have you ever been to a meeting and it was obvious that people were not present? Have you ever sat down face-to-face with somebody for dinner or a business meeting and the person you were meeting with was clearly distracted by other things? Have you ever run a meeting...
Connections are AWESOME, don’t forget the milk! By David Alexander
I hope you are having a great summer. I certainly have. Rich and I have been so busy we have fallen behind on writing Referral Fire over the last two months, however, we are back. Our adventures have given us lots of material to write about....
Planning is worthless!
You may wonder why I would follow the last blog post Failing to plan is like planning to fail, really, with a blog titled Planning is Worthless! Actually worthless may have been a slight exaggeration... My intention was to point out that planning without follow up,...
Failing to plan is like planning to fail, really.
Months ago I brought up the cycle of Kaizen and mentioned that it could help us all in our referral generation. In that blog post, I asked how you had or would use this cycle to increase the number of referrals that you receive(d). It was suggested that I revisit the...
Let’s Party by David Alexander
Today’s blog is the fourth in the series on personality styles. Understanding that I’m me, you're you, but together we can make a big impact on your referrability. Often times we have trouble coming to we part and often it is related to a disconnect with our...
Learn from my mistakes.
In our first blog about behavior styles, David talked about having a referral that just goes wrong. How many times have you experienced even an introduction or personal meeting that just seems to go wrong? I certainly know that I have had plenty of these. In fact,...
You Can Always Tell Luck From Ability By Its Duration By David Alexander
Over the weekend I looked at my flip calendar on the kitchen table and it said, “ You Can Always Tell Luck From Ability By Its Duration.” This really struck me in a number of ways. I’ll share below. 1. Why do we always expect something for nothing? I had a BNI...