Everyone who met Lisa Cree at SOBCon07 already knew Lisa Cree is dynamic, intelligent, and someone incredibly special. We’re delighted that she’s getting the recognition she deserves.
All of SOBCon celebrates with you! One highly-esteemed blogger was there in a tuxedo to see the whole thing.
Please join us in saying, “Congratulations, Lisa!”
–Me “Liz” Strauss
When I tell people I write about leadership, strategy and performance and have published over 150 articles on my website, they go, “Wow!” When I tell them I blog, they look for someone less weird to talk with.
And the Guy who Explored the Idea.
Unfamiliar words AND familiar faces have a way of boxing us in.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Self Promotion: Telling Stories for the Painfully Shy
Self-Promotion: How I Learned to Stop Shooting Myself in the Foot
Last night I had dinner with Chris Cree. What a thrill that was. It reminded me of one of my favorite quotes.
People from the same family are rarely born under one roof. Richard Bach, Illusions
That’s how the conversation felt from the first word to the last. The food was excellent, as was the company.
We talked about life, work, family, and philosophy. We talked about times when we feel sorry for ourselves. I told him the best cure for that was Phil Gerbyshak. To prove it, we called up Phil and Chris only had to hear his voice to see what I meant.
Then Chris and I did some conspiring about Successful-Blog. Yep. We came up with a really cool idea or two — ways to broaden the scope and depth, to offer more, and more fun to readers. I’ll be announcing what’s happening in a day or so . . .
Meanwhile this morning, I went back to find the first comment that Chris left on this blog. Here it is.
. . . It doesnââ¬â¢t matter if the conversation ends up being about work. The take-away is that it is about making a connection. If a connection is made, it will most likely help work too.
Talk about a simple yet powerful tool to hang on our belts! Thanks. –Chris Cree, comment on “Better Than Hi! How Are Ya?ââ¬Â April 25, 2006
I guess that kind of explains everything.
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The phone call came from Savannah, Georgia, and in reality, it was Chris Cree asking for me. Let’s just say that Chris Cree has my number. . . .
What fun it is to have a conversation with Chris! From the first words, I knew it would be an adventure. Even when Chris is dead on serious talking about life and it’s ups and downs, he knows the value of laughter and sharing it with other people. Chris has a way of adding a spark of life to things.
Chris and I talked about his upcoming speaking role in Savannah’s first ever Blogging Conference. I teased him that I had to read about it on is blog. He laughed with me. He said he knew of a whole group who had signed up already just for his business blogging seminar. That’s so cool! I wish we could all get together and take road trip down to see it.
That bit of conversation led us into a discussion of his new clients. He’s choosing his clients carefully and has a great outlook. “If there’s no joy in it, I might as well stay in my day job,” is how he sees it. His newest clients are raring to go — how excited they are to be breaking into blogging. I’d say that Chris’ criteria seems to be working.
Chris is looking forward to getting these clients running before he comes to Chicago next week. When he returns, he’ll be showing them the details — ins and outs of trackbacks and coding. Yet, Chris has confidence that his handholding won’t last long. He says the fire he saw in the group was sure to ignite in one individual who would take up blogging naturally.
I suspect Chris will be introducing a new member of Tuesday night comments to all of us in a few months.
Chris and I talked about the lovely morning writing time while our significant others are still asleep. He says the irony is that he gets up early because he’s not a morning person. I think that nothing could make him a morning person more quickly than having that time alone to write. We both think of that time as a bit of a luxury. It’s cool to think that he’s writing when I am.
As I write this, I still hear myself telling Chris how my morning ritual includes a moment, when I whisper, “Honey, Sleep longer, a little longer, sleep, sleep, sleep.”
I meet new people I would never connect with otherwise, people from all over the world. I love it. I don’t have to be someone I’m not. I like it because I can be just be.” —Chris Cree
Stop by Chris’ Blog, SuccessCREEations, and say hi!
Thanks, Chris, you B.A.D. Blogger!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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