Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/761/Just-Fishing-Like-Fishing-Business-is-all-about-the-4-Rs.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/761/Just-Fishing-Like-Fishing-Business-is-all-about-the-4-Rs.html Fishing, and learning how to catch a big one, is quite an analogy isn’t it? Think about what fishing can teach us. Anyone can go fishing – but in order to catch what you really want. You have to buy the right equipment, be in the right place, at the right time, and ask the right people for a little advice, based on their own experiences. 4 R’s? Right Equipment, Right Place, Right Time, Right People! http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/761/Welcome-to-the-World-of-Small-Business.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/761/Welcome-to-the-World-of-Small-Business.html The phone was ringing off the wall, there was someone banging on the front door, there was an invoice on my desk that was over 60 days and my partner has just exercised the shot gun clause in our partnership agreement. Welcome to the world of small business! http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/761/Mirror-Mirror-on-the-Wall.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/761/Mirror-Mirror-on-the-Wall.html We all read Snow White as children and we know that in the book, her ugly stepmother asks the mirror the question, “Who is the fairest one of all?” Was it insecurity that made her ask that question? Was it because she couldn’t believe what she saw, that she needed an outside opinion to feel validated? Have you ever stopped to think about how many of us have to ask what others see in our mirror? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/761/Always-Have-a-Winning-Hand.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/761/Always-Have-a-Winning-Hand.html Think about a deck of cards when it comes to networking. Using the analogy of a full deck it is easy to recognize that there are plenty of ways to win. Effective networking is much easier when you play by a recognized set of rules. One of the most important rules of any game is that you have to use a little strategy. You don’t just show up, and expect to win. You need to think about the kind of cards you have to play, and what you really want to accomplish at the event. As a networking expert, I know the value of playing my cards in sequence. I also know that sometimes I have to play off, in order to stay in the game. Winning often isn’t about the cards I hold in my hand, rather how they fit with the cards others hold. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/761/The-Power-of-Leverage.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/761/The-Power-of-Leverage.html According to Archimedes, all you need is a lever long enough and a place to stand and you can move the world. Well, the more I think about what he says, the more I agree with him. Effective networking is all about using leverage. It’s whom you know, and whom they know and how you use them, that will get whatever it is you need, achieved. It is by using the leverage on that one side truly weighted, that you can lift an incredible load without any struggle. Ethical leverage works in networking, providing that you use your contacts and resources wisely to accomplish what could be deemed impossible.