Comment by Keith Ferrazzi on August 23, 2008 at 5:05pm
Here is a thought. If you all ever decide to meet up. Remember that your immediate reaction may not be to like each other. We all have instant pre-judgements (prejudices) of other people. its natural but you have to see beyond the differences- some of you drink. Others may not. Some of you may be very shy and used NEA as a baby step, others of you perhaps could have written the book! The idea would be to imagine that you will really connect and imagine people who you have met before who you end up connecting with even though you may not have thought it possible. PROJECT the positive before you enter the room. Also before you meet try to get ready to dig in and be AUTHENTIC. Put on no airs – just be yourselves – your generous caring selves! Drop the acts. drop any of those things we do that push people away. I promise, if you all talk about what you are really passionate about – and then tell stories about those passions that bring to life why this is a passion point… then you share your dreams… on all aspects of your lives. talk about what your priorities are, really. where do you dream of being… and talk about what holds you back and do so openly and LISTEN with Generosity knowing how thought this is for some! And finally, be sure to talk about your struggles as well but with an eye toward putting them behind you, not letting them hold you back. just a few starter ideas about getting together. We can always find things in others that we connect with. Make that a PROACTIVE CHOICE when you meet. it really is a CHOICE!!
