by Jeff Price | Apr 25, 2013 | Life & Career Success
Let’s get clear about something when it comes to networking. I tell this to my students all the time when they are getting ready to attend one of our major seminars or conferences. I tell them that I’d rather have them come back having made 3-4 good...
by Jeff Price | Apr 24, 2013 | Life & Career Success
Meeting new people is often a fear right up there with public speaking, says Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time. Oddly enough, I have no fear of public speaking but despite the thousands on my LinkedIn...
by Jeff Price | Apr 23, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
I love this quote from Ferrazzi’s book, Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time: “As my dad used to say, no one becomes an astronaut by accident.” A key secret to success in any endeavor is the intent to achieve it...
by Jeff Price | Apr 21, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Personal Safety
Last year, a nearby community experienced the horror of a child kidnapping. Jessica Ridgeway was kidnapped and killed within a weeks’ time frame. She was 10-years-old and walking to school when it happened. She was covering the same few blocks to a friends house...
by Jeff Price | Apr 19, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Personal Safety
We’ve discussed all week the basics of personal safety outside the home, but what happens when the danger is from your own family? Ira Lipman, author of How to Be Safe: Protect Yourself, Your Home, Your Family, and Your Business from Crime says that spousal...
by Jeff Price | Apr 18, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Personal Safety
Whether you are flying, driving, riding the rails old school like, or going by magic carpet, anytime you travel you are taking some risk. The rewards are generally worth the risk in most cases, but there are a few basics you can do to protect yourself from being the...
by Jeff Price | Apr 17, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Personal Safety
Whenever an incident like the bombings in Boston occur, there is first the search to find the offender, then will come the “how could this have been prevented” question. The answer to the second question may not be one of institutional culpability, but...
by Jeff Price | Apr 16, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Personal Safety
It’s ironical that on the week we’re focusing on personal safety and protection, tragedy strikes the Boston Marathon when two bombs explode. The casualty count is still at 3, but many more are wounded and many are in critical condition. Our hearts and...
by Jeff Price | Apr 16, 2013 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
Unfortunately, terror has struck the U.S. again and again it hits the Boston area – remember, two of the flights on 9/11 departed from the Boston/Logan Airport. This was not an aviation attack this time, but it serves as notice that the threats have not gone...
by Jeff Price | Apr 15, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Personal Safety
This week we explore author Ira Lipman’s excellent book, How to Be Safe: Protect Yourself, Your Home, Your Family, and Your Business from Crime. I believe that part of the secret to living a successful life is knowing how to protect yourself and your family from...
