Jim Blasingame tells a story about how a young salesman learned a hard lesson about the most powerful gold mining tool anyone can use in professional selling.

Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the role that intellectual honesty plays in whether we can have productive and civil conversations among people with disparate opinions.

Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things big businesses are learning about how to do business with small firms.

Beverly Inman-Ebel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things you can do to avoid letting the assumptions you make get you into trouble, including waiting a few seconds/minutes before you open your mouth.

Beverly Inman-Ebel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the good, bad and ugly of making assumptions and how it can get you into trouble, or help you solve problems.

Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on her recent trip to Iceland and Germany and what she could recommend about those two countries.

Andrea Nierenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal four of seven fundamentals of networking that enhance your success chances, including using social media, just being social, being strategic and knowing your style as well as the other person.

Andrea Nierenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three of seven networking fundamentals that will help you become a more professional and successful networker, including being structured, allowing for serendipity and the sub-conscious.

Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to tell her story as a breast cancer survivor for more than a decade, and encourage you to get screened.

Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to speak and behave around someone you’ve discovered is dealing with an illness, including what to say and what NOT to say.