Goals

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Happy New Year. As January accompanies us into a new year, with it brings a new sense of focus, new resolutions and new goals. A couple of years back, I encouraged the J2 team to create vision boards to facilitate a more inspired goal setting exercise, which I wrote about in last January’s goal-setting FFfT. […]

Ichi-go ichi-e

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Treasure every moment! Recently a dear friend’s father passed away from a sudden heart attack. A couple of days later I received news that the executive director of a group I belong to also passed away suddenly. In both cases, they showed no signs of any trouble. The Japanese have an idiom: ichi-go ichi-e. It […]

Walls

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Our society has put up way too many walls. It is safer and easier that way, protected from the tough world we witness every day. The downside is that these barriers hold us back from growth, both personally and professionally. Recently, I heard a podcast by Brené Brown where she said, “Connection is why we […]

Our Most Precious Commodity

Our Most Precious Commodity

You can’t buy more time no matter how much money you have. Whether you are Warren Buffet or the janitor at his company, you both have the same amount of time in a day—24 hours, 1440 minutes, 86,400 seconds. How you choose to spend it is up to you. I believe companies like Uber are […]

Eight Tips for Successful Event Networking – Put That Pile of Business Cards Aside

Eight Tips for Successful Event Networking

By Vijay Khatnani, Managing Partner, J2 Solutions Last month, Sanjay wrote a blog about the value of networking, and what it should be versus what it’s become in the age of the emoji. At J2 Solutions, one of our core values, the development of personal relationships, is extremely important in doing those things. Today, I’d […]

Chocolate & Relationships

Chocolate & Relationships

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