Alisha Outridge's blog
I love everything I do in my life. Otherwise, why do it?
A few facts about me:
- I live in New York City with my husband, two dogs and actively tweet at @Alisx123.
- I'm CEO & Founder of tapTank, Inc. tapTank brings social interactions back to where they used to be before online social networks: in real life! Pursue your interests, accomplish your goals & grow your friendships with tapTank. Launching Beta this Fall 2011. Learn more at http://tapTank.com
- I also work as VP of Social Web Strategy at KickApps. I pitch & design products that leverage the latest social web technologies (ie. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare, SCVNGR).
My days & nights are spent creating & coordinating with talented people to build amazing, social products on the web for companies & people to use.
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“Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab."
~ David Cronenberg
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Approach Successful People with Ease!
Are you one of the many people who feel a degree of intimidation in approaching successful people? This could include anyone… a superior at work, management of an establishment, affluent people with a high level of influence, etc.
Personally I’m not afraid to approach these people, because of a little outlook that I taught myself. Works great for me! Allow me to explain in the video below:
In addition to treating successful people as… people, you can’t allow yourself to worry about making the other person ‘like’ you. We all have a lot to learn from each other, so allow your confidence to shine through in a personable manner. Talk about what the person would find useful and fascinating, don’t just throw a bunch of trigger words at them (that’s annoying.)
It’s understandable that you wouldn’t want to risk losing what could be a valuable relationship. Even so, what really matters is making an impression. That’s what plants the seed. Even if you flub here and there, you can redeem yourself as you follow-up, because the connection has been made, and the seed has been planted.
