Jim Randel's (jimrandel) Blog

As Congress contemplates how to sculpt the next phase of regulations to prevent overaggressive or unethical conduct in the financial world, we need to ask a basic question. Can the regulators ever keep up? It is my feeling that whereas of course well-crafted regulations administered by nimble re...

I did a lot of research in writing The Skinny on the Art of Persuasion: How to Move Minds.One of my takeaways from all the research is the importance of keeping still – training yourself to watch and listen to the person across the table, the person you are trying to persuade.With time you can de...

As I finish writing The Skinny on Networking and reading everything I can find on the subject, I note that the two general principles of networking are discussed by everyone:1. The more people you know the better, and2. The more diverse the people you know you, the better.What is not addressed, h...

I think the world is divided into two types of people – those who like air conditioning, and those who hate it. I’m in the latter group.On a recent trip to Florida, I left New York on a cold rainy day. I wore several layers of clothing and couldn’t wait to start removing layers as I headed south....

When I started writing a book about networking (The Skinny on Networking), I did not realize that one of the main themes would be the subject of comfort zones.We all know that networks are important. We all know that our value in business depends in part on the extent of our network. And, by the ...