The RockStar Life: Recent Comments

Comment on Business Networking - Asking Good Questions

Donna Cutting — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:05:10 GMT

Great post! I'm headed to a big networking function this week, and will try some of these out.

:-)

Comment on Relationship Selling - Jim Cathcart

Jim Cathcart — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:45:07 GMT

Thanks for the mention David. You will get a kick out of today's Blog entry about Guitars and Rock n Roll. Go to www.cathcart.com/blog to see it.
Let me know anytime I can add value to your messages. If you'd like a free copy of the 2002 or 2008 versions of Relationship Selling, drop me a line. Jim

Comment on A Question to Ask Yourself

Cato — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:38:43 GMT

I would rather be thought of as a great soul. I offered a ride home to a friend of my daughter one evening and her other friend told me I was a good soul! I liked the sound of that.

Comment on Niche or Die

Chris Benevich — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:10:18 GMT

D., you're definitely the thinking-person's coach. Keep up the good work!

Yes, specialization helped my business grow. If I'm putting myself in my client's shoes, working with me somehow makes his/her life better -- easier, more successful, prosperous, fulfilling -- however it's measured. Having a simply stated yet adaptable offering, along with being accessible, has helped me get my foot in the door.

Comment on Love Your Enemies

DFish — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:22:24 GMT

That's a great question. I think that a lot of patience stems from having an understanding of the motives behind another's behavior and actions. So if someone is annoying you because they don't make decisions as quickly as you think they should, you can look at why you don't always make decisions quickly. It's the same principal behind that adage about not understanding someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. You realize that in many ways, we wear shoes that are pretty similar already.

Another way to develop patience with others is to focus on creating patience with ourselves. I don't think we can be more patient with other people until we are truly internally kind to ourselves. Using the above method to distinguish what we don't like about ourselves, and then spending the time and energy to understand and forgive ourselves, is the first step to having that patience with our enemies.

I'm also totally open to any other ideas about developing patience that others might have.

Comment on Love Your Enemies

liz — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:13:49 GMT

I can think of two instances where this theory rings true. But the theory begs the question how do we become more patient with our enemies and ourselves?