We all have heard the saying, “it’s not what you know, but who you know”. And let’s be honest the relationships we make are critically important to our personally lives, but most assuredly our professional lives. But what do you do when you find it difficult to create new relationships? And what is more how can you create relationships that truly make a difference? True you could join a meetup group, go to a networking event, but typically these events are forced impersonal and loud, and more often than not you can feel very alone. What is one to do?

Well in this episode of A New Direction Nick Gray joins us to talk about how to create “The 2 Hour Cocktail Party“. In this episode Nick coaches us on how to create an effective, intimate, fun party that truly builds real relationhips that translate into tremendous benefits for you personally and professionally. No matter what your age these small gatherings create huge dividends! You don’t want to miss this episode…in could be career changing and life changing!

Nick Gray‘s book, “The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings” is absolutely fantastic!  The more I read it the more I kept saying, “I should do this”.  By the end of the book, I was saying, “I need to do this”.  After thinking about it, I put it on my calendar, and I am doing this!  This book takes the pressure off of doing a long-drawn-out party.  It takes the awkwardness out of those “networking” events.  It puts you in the position where you are building real relationships that grow deeper that will positively impact you personally and professionally.  Charlie “Tremendous” Jones is correct in saying, “Five years from today, you will be the same person that you are today, except for the books your read and the people you meet.” Nick Gray will get you on the way to change, because you will be doing both.

If you would like to learn more about Nick Gray and how can great an effective and amazing 2-Hour Cocktail Party head on over to:

The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: Amazon

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There is no doubt as humans we were made to connect with each other.  Yet we typically overestimate our ability to connect.  We think to ourselves we are great connectors, when the truth we are superficial.  Sales people will talk about how they build “rapport”, but “rapport” is not true connecting, it is really a form of manipulation so that you can get what you want.  The truth is when we truly make a connection we build mutual identification and trust.  When we connect we truly find the person interesting whether they buy from us or not.  When we are truly building relationships we are focused on the relationship and nothing more.  We need help for sure!  That is why on this episode of A New Direction author Barry Moline helps truly CONNECT!

In Barry Moline’s book, “Connect! How to Quickly Connect  for Collaborate for Success in Business and life”  He gives you multiple ways that you can connect with others that will lead to powerful relationships that lead to opportunities for both your business and your life.  In this show we even talk about how sales people can use better questions that make them more likeable.  We also talk about some ice breakers that are commonly not used, how to deal with controversy and so much more!  Barry has been gracious enough to provide us with his free resources so CLICK HERE to get them.  And your copy of Connect! 

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Networking is truly more are than science.  There is a tremendous difference between those who are great networkers and those that work at networking.  There are many people, perhaps you who just dread the idea of networking, or perhaps are frustrated by it, or maybe you have felt that you have tried networking face-to-face, but you just didn’t get the results you wanted so you have given up on it.  Steven David Elliot Networking expert and chief visionary officer of Rockstar Connect (www.rockstarconnect.com) joins us on A New Direction (AND) to help you become a more successful networking professional by giving you the skills, motivation, and mentality to make any networking event a more successful one with his book Mingle: The Art of Face-to-Face Networking in the Digital Era.

The book Mingle is what is known as a AHA book.  It can be read in one sitting while drinking a cup of coffee or two and is 140 proverbs that Steven David Elliot discovered through trial and error to create perhaps the world’s largest networking events in the country.  He lives by them, I have witnessed them first hand, and while they may seem simple to read, the attention and intention to accomplish these proverbs will consistently be a challenge.  Mingle’s approach is counter-intuitive.  While most people go to networking events to try to get business, Steven’s approach is about truly giving first, with no expectations, and over the course of time the power of reciprocity takes hold and more business and referrals come your way.  Steven also demonstrates how creating your own networking event leads to what we call in psychology as the “mere-exposure effect”.   Every person should read Mingle: The Art of Face-to-Face Networking in the Digital Era., read it often, read it right before you go to a networking event and hand it to every person on your team.

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Don’t forget you can listen to AND on The Oak 93.5 fm in Raleigh?  What?  You say you don’t live in Raleigh?  No problem you can stream the show every Thursday at 4 pm EDT and Sunday mornings at 10 am EDT by clicking here OAK 93.5  Tell your friends!

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