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Life Lessons

Almost forty years ago, I assembled a plan of where I wanted my career to be as I matured throughout my professional years. I know, I know–life never turns out the way you plan it. But try telling that to a 20-something who has overwhelming ambition to blaze his own trail. Right after college, I […]

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GAINing a Trusted Relationship

I’ve been thinking about the concept of trust lately. Given all that’s happening around the world, with the constant influx of distressing news, it’s hard to know what information to trust, or who to trust, or even where to place our trust. In networking, trust is a major factoring in giving and receiving referrals– remember, it’s […]

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The Entrepreneurial Spirit Within

What does it mean to have an entrepreneurial spirit, and how do you know if you have it? For me, I knew (or at least in hindsight, I would come to know) that I was an entrepreneur at the age of 13. It wasn’t even a word that I knew or even understood at the […]

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Do You Have Networking Fatigue?

I’m here to let you in on a secret that may sound totally counterintuitive: you can actually network TOO much. What??? The founder of the world’s largest networking group says you can network TOO MUCH? Yep. That’s right. Case in point: I was traveling through the Mid West a few years ago when I heard […]

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Which Networking Style Are You?

This is the fifth and final video in the “Ivanism” Garage to Global series, hosted by Entrepreneur.com. In this series, I expand on common phrases I’ve used throughout my 31 years of referral-based networking. When you’re at a networking event, do you eagerly bounce around the room, chatting with various people and passing out business […]

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State Side Once Again

Passion. Energy. Gratitude. Those tokens are what I remember from those who attended the BNI Conferences of Italy and England. For those of you who don’t know, my wife Beth and I were in Europe the past three weeks traveling to Italy and England for their BNI National Conferences. This was our first trip to Italy, and  […]

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How to make the Ordinary, Extraordinary

This is the fourth video in the “Ivanism” Garage to Global series, hosted by Entrepreneur.com. In this series, I expand on well-known phrases I’ve used throughout my career. Success is the uncommon application of common knowledge. It’s common knowledge within the business company that success in business comes from having passion, systems, goals and vision, social capital and […]

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Are You Spread Too Thin?

This is the third video in the “Ivanism” Garage to Global series, hosted by Entrepreneur.com. In this series, I expand on classic phrases I’ve used over the years. Do six things a thousand times and NOT a thousand things six times! But what does that really mean? It means focus on key priorities and making […]

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Are you Flame or Wax Happy?

This is the second video in the “Ivanism” Garage to Global series, hosted by Entrepreneur.com. I expand on common phrases I’ve used over the years and explain how they can apply to your business and referral networking style. Are you flame or wax happy? That sounds like a bizarre question–but it’s not. When you’re working in […]

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Is Ignorance on Fire Ever a Good Thing?

The following video is part of my new “Ivanism” series, where I expand on catch phrases I have used frequently over the years.   I know, it’s a strange concept: “Ignorance on fire is better than knowledge on ice.” Most people read that statement and think, someone who’s excited but ignorant can do more harm than […]

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