SuperKonnector Serendipity! Check this Out!
A lot of Connecting or Networking success comes from being aware of what’s going on around you all the time. That greatly increases the chances of Serendipity, which is really magical! Actually, serendipity isn’t magical at all; just feels like it. Wait until you see today’s video!
The dictionary defines serendipity as the faculty of making happy CHANCE finds. It comes from a fairy tale written in the year 1754 called “The Three Princes of Serendip” whose heroes were always making discoveries, by accident and sagacity, of things tey were not in quest of”. So here’s a great one!
Last Friday, a really good friend of mine, Stephanie Kailos, was visiting from Charleston SC. I picked her up at the train station at about 6pm and we went to Walter Groteke’s reception following the most successful Home Shopping Network product debut in 3 years www.atlastpillow.com, then went to First Friday in St Pete. Here’s where the Serendipity starts. Stephanie had received a couple of calls from another good friend of hers from Raleigh, who happened to be here also, and they hadn’t seen each othe r in awhile either.
So at 1 am I drove Stephanie to pick up Stephen and we went over to the Dubliner in Tampa together until about 2:30am. Stephen invited to go out on a boat the following morning. And now for that magical serendipity I’ll summarize in the following video.
Stephanie and I show up at the place where Stephen is staying in Tampa at the time, the home of Jack Glasure who runs a PR company out of Raleigh NC, but he moved back to Tampa and is opening an office here. When we pull up, I see Jamie West who Jack invited out with us. I KNOW JAMIE. I asked how Jamie met Jack, and she said through Aakash Patel, who is one of my good friends. So Stephanie comes in from Charleston and introduces me to her friend Stephen (who has already become a friend) who was staying with a really good guy who is also very influential in Tampa who had my friend Jamie over who she met through my friend Aakash Patel!
And tonight I’m going to Jack’s open house along with the Benz Model and Talent Agency (one of his clients) for the opening of “French / West / Vaughan” voted the best PR firm in the Southeast which I wouldn’t even have known about had my friend Stephanie from Charleston not come to visit or if we would have “blown Stephen off” on Friday night. Stephen is now actively looking for a house in the Hyde Park or Palma Ceia area, so if you know of any great deals under $500k for a great house, get in touch! Anway, watch the video from last Sat and if you have any PR needs, look up French/West/Vaughan! SERENDIPITY!
To be Successful Connecting, always look for the best qualities in people. Even the shadiest characters are usually one 1 person away from a great person, even if it’s their enemy! Be aware of that and meet those people!
PS – the late Charlie Jones said, “You’ll be in 5 years the books you read and the people you meet”. Have a great day! It’s Friday!
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