When I think of networking tools, the first thoughts that come to mind are business cards and calendar. What else could you possibly need?Well, I've just come up with a new one.
In the last couple weeks, I ended up at networking events and committee meetings seated next to people with major colds. Now I am not germaphobic in any way, but I just knew that the cold bug was going to get me. I tend to easily get colds and they are not mild. Some stay around for weeks on end.
Sure enough on Monday of this past week, I had that awful funny feeling in my nose when I got up. Great, not a good start to the week. I stopped at Rite-aid that day and perused the aisles for some over-the-counter good stuff. One box caught my eye with it's creative brand name.
No Time for Colds
And that's just the way I felt. I had tried cold remedies before that claimed to shorten the length of a cold if caught early. But they had never worked for me so I was very suspicious -- suspicious but somewhat desperate.
It worked!
By Thursday of that week, I was feeling almost as if I didn't have a cold. WOW! I'm a believer.
So along with business cards and calendar, No Time For Colds is a good networking tool to have on hand.
What's your favorite cold remedy?
3 comments:
I never do networking without hand sanitizer!
I really pay attention to my "self talk." I used to have the beginnings of a sore throat and say to myself, "Well, tomorrow I'll have a head cold." And I would.
Or early in a cold's symptoms, I'd day to myself, "Well, tomorrow I'll have laryngitis." And I would.
But for the past year and a half, my self talk, no matter how I feel, is "I feel great. I am healthy."
Haven't had as much as a sniffle
Sandy
I can relate to the concept of self talk. I had a cold last Thursday night and my husband said to me "well you're probably not going to work tomorrow." I had a class to teach Friday and knew I didn't have another instructor available so I said to myself that I would be at work...I went to work Friday, class went well and I felt not too bad at all!
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