January 6th, 2010
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Dr. Misner’s secret to creating balance in your life is this: “Forget about balance. You’ll never have it.”
The good news is that harmony in your life is possible. “Balance” assumes equal time on everything that’s important. Harmony is not balanced, but it’s complete as a whole.
Here are some keys to a life that’s in harmony.
- Be Here Now
- Set time aside for the things that really matter.
- Find ways to integrate different parts of your life
- When you’re 70 years old, you’re not going to wish you spent more time at the office
Harmony is created where harmony is sought. What do you do to create harmony in your life? Leave a comment and let us know.
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Continue reading “Episode 136: “The Secret to Balance”” »
October 28th, 2009
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This week Dr. Misner continues his discussion with Dr. Mark Goulston, author of Just Listen.
The topic for this week is how to take listening from being transactional to being transformational. To do this, you need to get them to uncross their arms—literally and figuratively—by getting them to talk about their passion.
One question you can ask is “Imagine you wake up five years from now and life is perfect. What do you see in your career? What are you doing?” That conversation can transport people into a future that they’ve never thought about. It’s amazing how you will bond with that person.
That’s the kind of question that would be perfect for a one-to-one in BNI.
For some great free resources, including questions to ask in order to delegate more effectively, visit JustListentheBook.com.
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Continue reading “Episode 128: “Turbo-charging Your One-to-Ones”” »
October 21st, 2009
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This week Dr. Misner talks to Mark Goulston, MD, the author of Just Listen.
Here are some of the tips Dr. Goulston offers about listening:
- Listening reduces anxiety—for the listener as well as the speaker.
- Instead of interrupting, say “Tell me more about that.” You’ll get a better result.
- World-class listeners care less about being right than about helping people.
- Not managing your own anxiety makes it hard to listen—and hard for people to listen to you.
- Instead of interrogating people, invite them into a conversation by letting them fill in the blanks in statements.
You can sign up to get free resources, including the first chapter of the book and the Two Questions series at http://www.justlistenthebook.com/resources/.
Tune in next week for a second interview with Mark Goulston.
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Continue reading “Episode 127: “Get Through to Absolutely Anyone”” »
September 23rd, 2009
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In this episode, Dr. Misner wants to talk about learning to rely on the people who respect, admire, and love you. Who are these people? Members of your support network fall into 8 categories.
- Your mentors
- People you have mentored
- People you have helped
- Your co-workers, colleagues, associates, classmates
- Your family and close friends
- Other members of non-business groups
- Your former managers, supervisors, and instructors
- Spiritual leaders and advisors
Is there anyone you would add to this list? Share your experiences with your support network in the comments on the blog.
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Continue reading “Episode 123: “Your Support Network”” »
July 30th, 2008
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This week Dr. Misner describes a unique experience: a meeting about storytelling. Academy Award-winning movie producer Peter Guber invited about 16 people, including Dr. Misner and individuals such as Warren Bennis, one of the world’s foremost experts on leadership; Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone; and Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, as well as many other “storytellers” from various businesses, backgrounds and areas of expertise.
One lesson particularly appropriate to BNI is that “What if?” is more powerful in a story than “How to.” Make your messages personal and concrete. Think about this next time you give a presentation at a BNI meeting.
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Continue reading “Episode 65: “Storytelling in Business”” »
November 8th, 2007
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This week, Priscilla Rice interviews Dr. Ivan Misner about being out of line online. After receiving a completely inappropriate message from a stranger attacking a new member of one of the online networks he belongs to, Dr. Misner wrote an impassioned blog post and got 43 comments. Here are some highlights.
- The impersonal nature of online communications sometimes leads people to behave in ways they could never get away with in person!
- Even though you may feel very powerful because you can say things in e-mail and send it out to many people it doesnt mean that you should or that its appropriate to do so!
- If this individual behaved like this at an in-person meeting, hed likely be thrown out!
- Don’t tolerate this kind of behavior, online or off.
- Always consider the source when you encounter this kind of character assassination.
Read Dr. Misner’s post about being Out of Line Online at Entrepreneur.com
Listen to Priscilla Rice’s interview with Dr. Misner on Priscilla’s Podcast.
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Continue reading “Episode 29: “Out of Line Online”” »
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