How An Event Can Turn Contacts Into Relationships

Do you feel like you’re spending way too much time going from event to event without seeing a return on your investment? Or, do you spend way too much time and money hosting events without seeing anything in return? Whatever the reason, one of the most important benefits of hosting...

To Walk You Home Or Not?

The other day, when I was in New Orleans on a conference, I went out with some of the guys in my group for a drink on Burbon Street.  They wanted to go bar hopping and since I really didn't want to do that, I decided to call it a...

Should You REWORK Your Work?

I just finished reading a business book that was short and such a fast read. The book, ReWork by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson, is a handy book for someone starting his or her own business. It goes against everything you ever learned in business school and offers tips...

There’s Something Special At HJMT…

I was coming home from New Orleans on Saturday from a business trip, when all of a sudden my phone rang.  My plane had just landed and I was in the car heading east to Long Island on the Grand Central Parkway. "Hil, it's me, Lori," Lori Alexy, VP of...

Music Review: RBC Pleasure EP

The local band is The Roast Beef Curtains (or RBC). When I got the album, one of my staff members told me what Roast Beef Curtains means and I got turned off. I didn’t want to like these guys, but when I listened to their album, Pleasure EP, I was...

A Few Videos For Your Young Ones…

I don't know about you, but both my kids love baseball.  When my daughter was younger, she played softball until she was in High School.  And now, my son plays on the little league travel team.  He absolutely loves the sport. When he was younger, I hired a professional ball...

The Revlon Walk/Run in Times Square/Central Park

Yesterday, my friend, Madeline, and I ventured at the "crack of dawn" to participate in the Revlon Walk/Run for Women in New York City.  The fee and money raised for the walk/run directly goes toward research and treatment of women's cancers. We arrived in Times Square at 8 am and...

An Abbreviated EO Nerve Conference…

Last year's Entrepreneurs' Organization's (EO) Nerve Conference was held in Atlantic City.  This year, it was held in Washington, D.C. Last year, I stayed in Atlantic City for the weekend.  This year, I stayed in Washington for a day. I decided to work from HJMT's city office on Thursday.  I...