I hope to add value

Greetings!!!!

Today I kick off a new blog that I hope you will find useful. This blog isn't designed to rant or just espouse my view on the topics of the day. I hope that I will offer some tidd bits of information or ideas that you will find helpful, funny and will add value to your life in some way.

I am not so delusional to believe that everything that I will offer here will help every person every time. I do hope that once in a while, I can help to make your life better, even if it's a 3 second laugh.

My first attempt to add value is to recommend that you read the book:

Little Black Book of connections: 6.5 Assets for Networking Your Way to rich Relationships by Jeffrey Gitomer.

This book is actually the inspiration for this blog. Jeffrey offers some great tips for making connections and building strong relationships. Quick summary for those of you who don't want to or don't like to read; the key is to add value first to those who you meet and it will come back to you, kinda like Karma. He gives some great specific ways to do this and keeps it fun. It's a quick read and available on the Kindle.

[Side bar: If you don't have a Kindle, it's well worth the money! Leslie, my beautiful wife, and I both have one and we take it to the pool every time we go. Books are generally cheaper here too since there is not all the cost of printing, storage and shipping. The $114 Kindle works great. The only difference is that it has some ads on the screen savers as opposed to art.]

Back to the book. If you plan to move up in your career or want to get to know someone who you think can help you in the future, this book is for you. I also have to give kudos to my friend and advisor Todd Blackwell for giving me this book to read in the first place.

So, I hope that you found my first attempt at adding value to have done that. If not, don't give up on me yet ;) I'll be posting every week or so. I hope you can expect a healthy balance of useful ideas, funny clips or even a recipe or two. If you have an idea you'd like me to share with the group, please email me and I'll we'll get it out. I welcome your feed back so that I can make this better and more useful for you.

Have a great week!!!!!

Brad