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”What’s 43 Folders?”
43Folders.com is Merlin Mann’s website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work.

Networking

Towards being a more entertaining guest

Global Nerdy | How to Work the Room

Joey’s condenses some great tips on going from wallflower to party panda. Number one has always stood me in good stead:

“1. Be more of a host and less of a guest. Make introductions and make people more comfortable.”

Totally. Not to get all Burning Man on you here, but any event will only be as good as the people who actively participate in it. People who arrive waiting to be entertained are dead weight, while those who do more than the minimum to make things happen can bring the place to life.  read more »

WWLD? No. 2: Keeping Connected

Our great friend, Leslie Harpold, passed away in December of last year. In addition to being a swell pal and an old-school web mandarin, Leslie was an endless source of advice and opinion on practically everything.
To commemorate Leslie’s life and to help share her wisdom with folks who never got to know her, I asked our mutual friend, Lance Arthur to answer the question: What Would Leslie Do? Here’s part 2 of 4. — mdm

In Part One, I relayed a few of Leslie Harpold’s amazing and simple methods of looking better every day. In this episode, it’s all about staying in touch with the people in your life, and letting them know they matter just by keeping track of them from time to time.

I will confess that I am awful at staying in touch with anyone. Friends, relations, friends of relations, pets… you name it, I have at one point or another completely lost touch with it. I have no excuse, really, and there are a few simple things that Leslie would do to help her not lose touch with those people in her life who were important, whether for personal or professional reasons.  read more »

 
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