In 1980, I started a newsletter titled Productivity. My timing was perfect for American productivity was in decline. Almost overnight, I had 3,000 subscribers at $129 each and it gave real life to my new company.
One day after I started, I got a call phone from Joe Synder and he said, "Norman, I love your newsletter and I want to help you. I am a consultant to the chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank."
I said, "Joe, I need help. I am going to run my first conference and I want to get a CEO of a major corporation, A Labor Union leader and a politician." Joe said, "Give me a few days."
He called back a few days later and said, "I got you Michael Rose the CEO of Holiday Inns, the world's largest hotel chain and Don Ephin the executive VP of the UAW in charge of the Ford Motor Company account. Luckily, we also got Stan Lundine, congressman from update New York. With these three key people, we attracted 40 speakers and close to 300 attendees and ran our first conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
I wish you would all become like Joe Synder and reach out to people you admire and offer your help. If we all did it, the world would be so much better,
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