Dr. Ivan Misner the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer for BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. He has been called the “father of modern networking” by CNN and one of the “Top Networking Experts to Watch” by Forbes. He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 21 books. In addition, he is the Co-Founder of the BNI Foundation.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Richard Branson
When business started difficulties overcame:
…And so we had to create an industry with this concept of business networking. And we don’t teach it in colleges and universities, anywhere in the world we don’t teach networking or word of mouth marketing or referral marketing. And so the biggest thing that I had to overcome was teaching people what it was…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Book by Michael E. Gerber The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Book by Jack Canfield & Janet SwitzerAlso Mentioned:
Chicken Soup for the Soul Book by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor HansenGivers Gain: The BNI Story Book by Ivan R. Ph.D. Misner
Business Networking and Sex: Not What You Think Book by Ivan R. Misner, Hazel M. Walker, Frank J. De Raffele
Masters of Success : Proven Techniques for Achieving Success in Business and Life Book by Ivan R. Misner
Favourite Quote:
“the secret to success without hard work is still a secret”
Others
“I reject your reality and substitute my own” Adam Savage of MythBusters
Recommended Online Resources:
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
I wrote a book a few years back called ‘Masters of Success’ and I would add something to my favourite quote of “the secret to success without hard work is still a secret”… my best advice to entrepreneurs is that success is the uncommon application of common knowledge. Know let me explain that…[Listen for More]
More About Dr. Ivan Misner:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Every clarification breeds new questions.” Arthur Bloch
Other Quotes From the Chat with Dr. Ivan Misner:
“necessity is the mother of invention”
“Its really about relationships connections and referrals”
“It happened globally by thinking locally”
“A garage to global journey”
BNI is a franchise
“an entrepreneur is either working in their flame or working in their wax”
“you might not be able to make a world of difference but you can a difference in the world”
“the secret to balance – forget about balance you will never achieve it”
“you may not live a life of balance but you can live a life of harmony”
“when you are 70 years old I doubt any of us are going to say gee I wish I had spent more time at the office”
“Secrets to creating harmony in life:-
- Be Here now – where ever you are be there – wherever you are be fully present to that moment and be engaged in that moment and don’t have your head some place else.
- Set aside time to do all of the things that are really important in your life
“Ignorance on fire is better than knowledge on ice”
“Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way”
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast”
“Givers gain”
“the internet flattens the communications hierarchy”
“training and education is a leaky bucket process – when I teach someone how to do something some of the information leaks out, and if they then teach someone else even more information leaks out, and when they teach another person you end up with a half a bucket of information. And when someone gets a half a bucket of information the first thing they do is go something is missing here, so they start putting in their own stuff, and their own stuff may or may not work. The more you can plug those holes the better. Something like a book, podcasts”
“gut feeling is the sum total of your personal experiences at light speed”
“networking is more about farming than it is about hunting”
“I am not my failures in life I am the sum total of my successes and those failure helped me achieve those successes”
“Murphy Law – what can go wrong will go wrong”
“surround yourself with people with skill and you can double your business”
“success is the uncommon application of common knowledge”
“it not what you know its who you know”
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