Archive for March, 2010

Recently, after one of my speaking engagements on Driven for Success, I was approached by two women who were trying to get their business off the ground. They had been in business for more than a year and seemed to be struggling very hard to develop a positive cash flow and to make a profit.

After listening to them for about 30 minutes where they told me nearly everything about what was going wrong in their business, I politely interrupted them and asked them a simple question. I asked them, “Who in your Professional Network have you contacted that is ‘most’ likely to help you get more business?” This is a simple enough question. Once again I got the deer-in-the-headlights” look! What do you mean by “professional network?” they asked.
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