Today’s guest believes relationships are the assets that always yield the greatest returns - maximizing lifelong happiness and fulfillment. With his background in cognitive science & psychology, he understands knowing how to initiate quality relationships is a must for any professional, particularly when searching for a job, recruiting new talent to your workplace, exploring acquisition opportunities, building new sales relationships, and so on. He is the founder of Cogent Connections, a young sales consulting and marketing firm that helps businesses build genuine, thoughtful, and productive professional relationships. He helps you connect with the right people, initiate productive conversations, and nurture your network. Please join me in welcoming Chris Gittings.

In this episode we discuss:

• his thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is something that requires a bit of courage and the ability to take risks.”
• his experiences growing up being picked last and experiencing harassment/bullying in school.
• his love of watching and learning about history.
• finding his mentor in his high school history teacher.
• his developing love of human behavior and how there is still so much to explore.
• his work at The Cleveland Clinic with kids struggling with ADHD.
• how the relationships he has built allow him to take risks in trying new things.
• his strategy about asking people for help when he needs it.
• how he nurtures and sustains the outer levels of his network.

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