{"id":32,"date":"2008-02-15T21:16:53","date_gmt":"2008-02-16T02:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/2008\/02\/15\/on-the-human-side-of-life-making-life-more-personal-by-josh-hinds\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T22:40:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T03:40:48","slug":"on-the-human-side-of-life-making-life-more-personal-by-josh-hinds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/2008\/02\/15\/on-the-human-side-of-life-making-life-more-personal-by-josh-hinds\/","title":{"rendered":"Networking And Influencing Skills: Making Life More Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did it.
\nI added a photo album<\/a> to my site.<\/p>\n

“This, ” I thought, “I need to do. It will look more professional. It will help people see what I look like — even though that ‘s a bit scary! And, besides: it is fun.”<\/p>\n

THEN CAME THE RESPONSES…<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

After placing the photo album on my site I immediately received a set of very positive emails.<\/p>\n

The positive responses were gratifying. They also caused me to slow down and reflect about things “on the personal side of life.”<\/p>\n

In essence, people said to me: “I got to know you a bit better.” “You were more than some guy who sent me an email newsletter at the beginning of my day.”<\/p>\n

Isn’t that remarkable?<\/p>\n

People still value relationships.
\nPeople still value the personal touch. It is not out of vogue.<\/p>\n

A few things in life never change, and the value of “the personal side of life” is one of those “few things.”<\/p>\n

STOP AND REFLECT… FOR JUST A MOMENT<\/p>\n

Take yesterday for instance: did you miss out on any opportunities to add the personal touch to an aspect of your day?<\/p>\n

What about last week?
\nLast month?<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong: I love technology. After all, that’s how I earn my living \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

But as my friend Bob Burg<\/a> says: “All things being equal, people will always choose to do business with those they like, know, and trust first.”<\/p>\n

What did you do to have someone like you, know you or trust you recently?<\/p>\n

Or here’s a better question: what did I do?<\/p>\n

LET’S TRY SOMETHING TOGETHER<\/p>\n

Why don’t we try — you and me, that is. Why don’t we try to think of creative ways to help people…<\/p>\n

Like us
\nKnow us
\nAnd trust us?<\/p>\n

I am going to make an attempt. Maybe even two.<\/p>\n

And you?<\/p>\n

Here’s wishing you a blessed day,
\nJosh Hinds<\/p>\n

* Josh Hinds is the author of Why Perfect Timing is a Myth: Tips for Staying Inspired and Motivated Day in and Day out!<\/a> and It’s Your Life, LIVE BIG!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I did it. I added a photo album to my site. “This, ” I thought, “I need to do. It will look more professional. It will help people see what I look like — even though that ‘s a bit scary! And, besides: it is fun.” THEN CAME THE RESPONSES…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}