Quotes from Susan RoAne

Good things come to those who initiate.

Good listeners are perceived as good conversationalists.

Be yourself' is good advice, unless you notice that people are always excusing themselves and moving away from you. In that case, try being someone else!

Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves.

The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom you share your resources.

Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking.

If you can tell someone is working a room, that person is doing it wrong!

couldn't help but think that young man probably has never seen the window crank in a car! That's the handle exclusively used to roll down windows before electric windows existed. My twenty-year-old Miata has window cranks, which, I might add, get the job done quite well.

and the hot topic: age.

Bonnie Raitt sang, "Let's give them something to talk about." She graciously allowed me to use her name when I told her about the Bonnie Raitt/Susan RoAne method. "If it helps people, that's fine with me.

One of the most fun parties was thrown by my buddy Guy Kawasaki for a celebration of Garage.com.

In Albert Einstein's words, "I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.