• Get in There and Practice

    Networking Events and the Art of Small Talk

    Fill the Page Like writing and many other skills, small talk can be learned.  I’m learning! If you are still learning, you might be like me.  It’s not your favorite thing. It may make you uncomfortable. It may even physically wear you out!  I promise you, it does get easier the more you get in there and practice. I mentioned writing in comparison because it too was a struggle for me when I first started.  When I wrote papers in high school and college, I did everything to expand my word count to fill the page, including writing larger when we were still turning in handwritten papers! My writing was…

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  • Being the Model

    On Being the Model

    My Humble Mantra Being the Model sounds so pretentious, doesn’t it?  In one respect, I like it because it makes you wonder who’s so full of themselves to declare they are being a model. It’s the perfect hook in that regard.  But I admit it’s anything but pretentious.  It’s beginnings are rather humble, just a simple mantra to serve as my reminder to bring my best effort to all that I do. What do you think of when you hear “what you eat in private you wear in public”?  I ran across that meme on Pinterest while looking for weight loss motivation a few years ago. Those words struck a…

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