Contact

I slide the pin to the door of her crate and she bounds up the step from the garage and spills out onto the hardwood floor in the living room. She then leaps onto the couch laying patiently for me to emerge from the garage and turn the corner of the sofa. I lay down and she slowly climbs onto my stomach and lays her head on my chest. I love snuggly Saturday mornings with Belle.

How could you not love that face?

Contact. The idea of being close to somebody that you care about and having the ability to reach out to touch them is amazing. How many people have you heard say or desperately want to say, can someone please just give me a hug! (I say it quite often and either my roommate or boyfriend will always bless me with one.) I don’t think there will ever be a replacement for it no matter the change happens in technology.

First hand contact, maybe not necessarily snuggling, but meeting face to face is vital not only in your personal life. Most business to business business happens due to the relationships that you make with people in the businesses. After all even mega corporations are made up with real life people who make decisions.

Why do I travel to different colleges to meet the athletic trainers in the flesh, because I could send out thousands of emails and make hundreds of phone calls, and never have the same results as what I am having.  Also, meeting someone on their turf makes them more at ease. I landed my first client on my own this past trip and it feels pretty good. It comes down to getting your face out there and meeting as many people as you can. Lesson for the day: Handshakes > E-mail blasts and I heart snuggling!