1–ON–1 182. Distribute Headshots Print out headshots of yourself (or famous people) and autograph them with personal messages for your coworkers. 183. Track Your Contacts Create a “Contacts” folder in your email. Whenever news of promotions or personal successes about your contacts come via email, put it in that folder. 184. Add Context to Contacts Remember details about people you want a close relationship 1 with, even if “remembering” means writing things down . 185. Say Happy Birthday Acknowledge people’s birthdays, either by having cake, or just 2 saying it to them. Use Facebook as a last resort. 1 Some people are great at remembering details about their contacts. Some are not. Just because you don’t have a good memory doesn’t mean it’s not important. 2 Just be careful of singing them the Birthday Song in public. Technically it’s copyrighted until at least the year 2030. 100
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