Making an impression is not an option. You will make one. You are making one. Is it the impression you intend to make? Being certain of your answer to that question is the key to any success you might hope to achieve. You never have a second chance to make a first impression so the one you are making had best be with great intention.
Knowing the people in your world is critical to making the impression you need to make. Impressions are the product of the vision of another. What they see and hear is what matters. Make sure you are choosing a language that will connect, language with which they are familiar.
Begin with others. Leadership is influence. Your influence will ultimately be a product of the impression you make. Communication is the product of both verbal and non-verbal efforts. Impressions are the product of communication. You are constantly communicating a message. Are you well representing yourself?
Relationships can never be taken for granted. They have to be created. What you are communicating is fundamental to the creation you are experiencing. Have you made the connections you need to and want to make in this life? Purposed connection requires preparation and performance.
Children make impressions that are, for the most part, unintentional. As adults we have to take responsibility for the life we are creating. If you want new people in your life and you want to make an intentional connection with them then make the impression you intend to make. Dress to connect. Speak to connect. Listen to connect. Begin with them. Find the verbal and non-verbal language that works and engage it. The impression you make is the place to begin. Be impressive. Do well, my friends.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Dress to Communicate
Welcome to Tappe Talk, a Purposed Connection podcast by The Tappe Group. Studies show that the vast majority of what we communicate is non-verbal in nature. In this podcast I want to discuss the role of dress, "what you choose to wear", and the part it plays in what you communicate.
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- Dress for Yourself...
- Dress to Connect...
- Dress to Impress...
- Dress to Respect...
- Dress on Purpose...
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Welcome to Tappe Talk, a Purposed Connection podcast by The Tappe Group. This week Allen spends time on what he believes will be necessary for us in this new beginning:
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- Give thanks for opportunity!
- Choose to do something now!
- Get connected and stay connected!
- Learn something!
- Make others better!
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
Don't Wait!
Don't wait for life to happen to you. Don't wait for opportunity to come your way. Just don't wait. Passivity is a failed strategy in today's world. Taking action is the most important choice you could make for yourself. So, what is stopping you?
Fear is probably the most apparent answer. You are afraid of what you have not experienced. You are afraid of failure. You may be afraid of success particularly if it is going to require change. You might be afraid of looking foolish which might be a cousin of failure but it is really a little different.
You don't believe in yourself might be another answer. You might be stuck in a funk frustrated by what you haven't done. Maybe you can't let go of what you could or maybe should have done. You may have lost confidence in yourself because people have let you down or even let you go.
I don't know what it might be for you but here are somethings I do know. You do not have to be a victim of fear. Whatever it is, engage it. Face it. Fear is a mind production. Connect with your faith. Perfect love casts out fear if you believe it and trust it. Think good things. Stay away from depressive thinking. Stay away from depressive people. Get positive and move forward.
Believe in yourself. Don't give up on yourself. If you give up on you then you really are stuck. The truth is the best is still before you. New is waiting for you. The past is past and it is gone. Don't allow what you cannot change to dictate your life. Keep your head up and your eyes open. Opportunity is waiting for you if you are looking for it.
So, don't wait. Go find it. Choose to be active. Reject passivity. You need to choose to begin again every single day. What you are waiting for has already to come. It is the present. Seize it. Do well, my friends.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Where Does It All Begin?
If it all begins with me, it ends with me. If it begins with God, then it ends with Him. If communication begins with me, it will produce confusion. If it begins with God, it will create relationship. If love begins with me, it will have strings attached. If it begins with God, it will be unconditional. If life begins with me, it will be terminal. If it begins with God, it will be eternal. If life performance is my production, it will result in failure. If it is God's production, it will be filled with grace. If it all begins with me, it will be fearful. If it begins with God, it will be filled with joy. If it all begins with me, it means bondage. If it begins with God, it celebrates freedom.
Where you believe it all begins makes a big difference in your world view. It is a choice you have the power to make. So, what would cause a person to not begin with God? It is a choice. So, why choose a vision of life limited by you, fraught with confusion, where love is conditional, where life has no hope beyond what you experience, graceless, insecure, and punishing.
As for me and my house, we choose to believe He is the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega. We choose to watch and listen for His lead. We choose His unconditional and understanding love. We choose to "imagine" all that eternity with Him means. We choose His gift of grace with all of the security and joy it represents. And, we embrace our freedom to choose how we will respond to this life. No one can take that away.
To me it is a no brainer. You get to choose. Seriously, check it out. There is no better deal to be found on this earth. Seize it. Do well, my friends.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
How do we begin?
Welcome to Tappe Talk, a Purposed Connection podcast by The Tappe Group. So, where do you begin, Allen approaches this question this week with practical disciplines:
- Begin each day by sleeping well the night before.
- Wake up on purpose.
- Begin with the really important things.
- Get accountable.
- Make someone else successful
- Prepare and practice
- Create new credentials
- Manage up
- Recognize success
- Examine and adjust
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