066: Judy Robinett – Creating A Titanium Digital Rolodex: The 5+50+150 Rule
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How to Be a Power Connectorum, the Five 50 by One 50 Rule
Power connector means the ability to make things happen for you and for other people. The one 50 is dunfort's law, that says groups fall apart at a hundred and 50. You need to focus on quality, high value relationships, not quantity. And i discovered at 50 that you can make anything happen in your life that you want to have happen.
Episode 066: Judy Robinett – Creating A Titanium Digital Rolodex: The 5+50+150 Rule
I would like to thank John Corcoran for introducing me to Judy Robinett. Both John and Judy are such great givers… Always trying to help others and they’ve done so much for me. I was fascinated with Judy. She is incredibly intelligent and is a very deep thinker. It was a joy to get her to put some of those thoughts on tape for this great podcast episode.
Judy Robinett is the author of How to Be a Power Connector: The 5+50+150 Rule (McGraw-Hill, May 2014), a book that provides instant, effective strategies for meeting the people you need to know and bonding with them fast to further your goals and theirs. Robinett is a business thought leader who is known as “the woman with the titanium digital Rolodex.” She has been profiled in Fast Company, Forbes, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, and Bloomberg Businessweek as a sterling example of the new breed of “super connectors” who use their experience and networks to accelerate growth and enhance profitability.
In her more than 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur and corporate leader, Robinett has served as the CEO of both public and private companies and in management positions at Fortune 500 companies. She has been on the advisory boards of Illuminate Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California; Pereg Ventures, a venture capital firm based in New York; Springboard Enterprises based in Washington, DC; and Women Innovate Mobile (WIM) accelerators based in New York.
Episode 066: Judy Robinett – Creating A Titanium Digital Rolodex: The 5+50+150 Rule
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“Forget an MBA… Learn to network.” – Jack Welch
Some Questions I Ask:
- What are common characteristics of high achievers?
- How have you learned how to create luck?
- What did the book “How To Win Friends and Influence People” help you?
- What is the 5 + 50 + 150 rule?
- How did you become known as the “woman with the titanium rolodex?”
- What are the 5 things to never do and say?
- What does being a “giver” mean to you?
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The importance of “guts and luck”
- How being shy and bullied helped propel Judy to big things
- You are the average of the 5 people you surround yourself with
- Keeping a “victory log” of achievements
- How to connect others and make important introductions
- Process to create a TED Talk
- The definition of a Learning Leader
“Creating value is how you create wealth.” – Judy Robinett
Continue Learning
- Read this Forbes Article about Judy: Forbes: Judy Robinett
- Read her book: "How To Be A Power Connector"
- Follow Judy on Twitter @judyrobinett
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I love discussing how we can all become at connecting people. It’s a fascinating topic and Judy is one of the best at it! I really enjoyed speaking with her. Who do you know that needs to hear this? Send them to The Learning Leader Show!
Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell
Bio From JudyRobinett.com
Judy Robinett is the author of How to Be a Power Connector: The 5+50+150 Rule (McGraw-Hill, May 2014), a book that provides instant, effective strategies for meeting the people you need to know and bonding with them fast to further your goals and theirs. Robinett is a business thought leader who is known as “the woman with the titanium digital Rolodex.” She has been profiled in Fast Company, Forbes, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, and Bloomberg Businessweek as a sterling example of the new breed of “super connectors” who use their experience and networks to accelerate growth and enhance profitability.
In her more than 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur and corporate leader, Robinett has served as the CEO of both public and private companies and in management positions at Fortune 500 companies. She has been on the advisory boards of Illuminate Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California; Pereg Ventures, a venture capital firm based in New York; Springboard Enterprises based in Washington, DC; and Women Innovate Mobile (WIM) accelerators based in New York.
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