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Gut Punched I am someone that has made it my life’s work to study and understand human connection and human behavior. It’s why the work I do through The Ripple is so important to me. [...]

Connecting with others. Think about your typical day and how many random people cross your path throughout that typical day. Perhaps you start off by walking your kids into their school. You make [...]

Are you genuinely interested in building a bigger and better network? There are tons of ways you could go about learning how. Tons of books (mine included) you can read on the subject. Tons of [...]

Relationship Building Building great relationships requires active participation on your part.  That means showing the people who mean something to you that you genuinely care about them not [...]

So you met someone recently.  You had a great conversation.  You exchanged cards.  Heck, you even promised to follow up and try to “schedule something” like a coffee or lunch. A day [...]

Once I had the opportunity to speak to roughly 300 association executives about the Ripple concept. I shared the Ripple could be leveraged to help them build their personal and professional [...]

Introduction Tom’s morning started like any other. The typical rat race to get himself and the kids out the door for work and school. Traffic had been a bear, so it had taken him ten [...]

Imagine the person who crossed your path today, tomorrow or perhaps next week holds the very key to your destiny. Would you miss the chance to meet that person? Would you outright ignore them? [...]

Introduction I’d like to start this blog off with a quote from one of my all-time favorite movies. This quote from ‘Cool Hand Luke’ sums up the topic of communication quite nicely. “What we have [...]

Career Transition Career transition is a heavy topic that can be very intimidating for people. Often times, a career change can be unexpected due to layoffs or reorganization. Many of the [...]