I've had two people invite me to business meetings. One is a local chapter of BNI that a friend of mine belongs to with her husband. The other invite came from a total stranger and that is next week with Traverse Angels.
Tomorrow morning I am meeting Karen for the early (7:30am) meeting of our local BNI. I don't know what the letters mean. But for me it means that I will be introduced to local business people under the auspices of one of my many hats... that of jewelery designer. I will be the only jewelery designer allowed to join BNI since they take one person per specialty/business type. I am nervous.
I am a good designer- competent, fastidious and particular. I've sold a few pieces of an inovative pattern. That isn't the issue. I don't have mad people skills. I have mad research skills, mad typing skills, mad paint mixing and compositional skills. Mad people skills I have not. I get conversational and let the Geek out after a good settling in period. Unfortuneately, in the biz world that half hour is paleolithic in scope. I don't know what to expect; Karen's descriptions are rather brief.
So I take tentative first steps into the local business world tomorrow morning. Yikes and away!
Tomorrow morning I am meeting Karen for the early (7:30am) meeting of our local BNI. I don't know what the letters mean. But for me it means that I will be introduced to local business people under the auspices of one of my many hats... that of jewelery designer. I will be the only jewelery designer allowed to join BNI since they take one person per specialty/business type. I am nervous.
I am a good designer- competent, fastidious and particular. I've sold a few pieces of an inovative pattern. That isn't the issue. I don't have mad people skills. I have mad research skills, mad typing skills, mad paint mixing and compositional skills. Mad people skills I have not. I get conversational and let the Geek out after a good settling in period. Unfortuneately, in the biz world that half hour is paleolithic in scope. I don't know what to expect; Karen's descriptions are rather brief.
So I take tentative first steps into the local business world tomorrow morning. Yikes and away!
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