Work Hard Play Harder interview Jim Pagiamtzis and Sujit Reddy: Special video Post

  It was November 2019 and Sujit Reddy and I did this amazing video to capture some of the amazing stories and fun we have had in recent years.

In this video you will our experiences in:

 - Both of appearing in Downsizing (2017)
 -Working and volunteering for TIFF17 & TIFF18
 - Massive call for tv show Condor (2018)
- TEDx talk by Sujit Reddy
 - Power of networking and collaborations
 - Following your passion leads to making money and having fun!

                                           

Special Audio Post: 3 Strategies to Successful to Sell through Networking

                                                                

Jim Pagiamtzis sharing

              
The three top strategies to successfully sell any product or service through social networking.
1- First important system how to network correctly and then follow up effectively.
2- How to sell in easy and effortless way that make you client or customer feel comfortable to answer you questions and how to work with objections.
3- The importance how to leverage your content strategically and have your clients asking for more!


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Book Review: Never Eat Alone

                                               
           Jim Pagiamtzis Review:
          "An amazing book to read from beginning to end. He share stories on the power of networking effectively. Impactfull strategies and tips to create your own network of influencers"
   
    


              Do you want to get ahead in life? Climb the ladder to personal success?

The secret, master networker Keith Ferrazzi claims, is in reaching out to other people. As Ferrazzi discovered in early life, what distinguishes highly successful people from everyone else is the way they use the power of relationships—so that everyone wins.
In Never Eat Alone, Ferrazzi lays out the specific steps—and inner mindset—he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends, and associates on his contacts list, people he has helped and who have helped him. And in the time since Never Eat Alone was published in 2005, the rise of social media and new, collaborative management styles have only made Ferrazzi’s advice more essential for anyone hoping to get ahead in business.

The son of a small-town steelworker and a cleaning lady, Ferrazzi first used his remarkable ability to connect with others to pave the way to Yale, a Harvard M.B.A., and several top executive posts. Not yet out of his thirties, he developed a network of relationships that stretched from Washington’s corridors of power to Hollywood’s A-list, leading to him being named one of Crain’s 40 Under 40 and selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the Davos World Economic Forum.

Ferrazzi’s form of connecting to the world around him is based on generosity, helping friends connect with other friends. Ferrazzi distinguishes genuine relationship-building from the crude, desperate glad-handing usually associated with “networking.” He then distills his system of reaching out to people into practical, proven principles. Among them:

Don’t keep score: It’s never simply about getting what you want. It’s about getting what you want and making sure that the people who are important to you get what they want, too.
“Ping” constantly: The ins and outs of reaching out to those in your circle of contacts all the time—not just when you need something.
Never Eat Alone: The dynamics of status are the same whether you’re working at a corporation or attending a social event—“invisibility” is a fate worse than failure.
Become the “King of Content”: How to use social media sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook to make meaningful connections, spark engagement, and curate a network of people who can help you with your interests and goals.

In the course of this book, Ferrazzi outlines the timeless strategies shared by the world’s most connected individuals, from Winston Churchill to Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan to the Dalai Lama.

Chock-full of specific advice on handling rejection, getting past gatekeepers, becoming a “conference commando,” and more, this new edition of Never Eat Alone will remain a classic alongside alongside How to Win Friends and Influence People for years to come.

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Event Review: Patio Power Summer Series for July

    Paupers Pub on Bloor and Bathurst

     Jim Pagiamtzis

     It was amazing afternoon of connecting, conversation and awesome food!

                                                        

Event Review: Canada's Largest Real Estate Wealth Expo on March 19,2017

     It was going to be an exciting day of learning, speaking and socializing at Canada's Largest Real Estate Wealth Expo in Toronto on March 18,2017

       Anthony Robbins, Pitbull and many more amazing speaking were going to share from the stage as 15 thousand people were expecting to attend the Metro Convention Centre in Downtown Toronto

      It all started at 5:00am Saturday morning as I answer the call to volunteer at the event for part of the day. Huge thanks to Sujit K Reddy and Joanna Chabot for getting everything in order.

      I got up and had all my gear prepared the night before, the big question was how I was going to get to the Metro Convention Centre at 5:15am?  Well take a taxi of course. Now I have not been in a taxi in Toronto for at least 30 years!

     Would you believe my luck that none of the taxi's I tried to flag down on Bloor Street would stop! so I walk to the cross streets of Bathurst and Bloor to get some money from the bank machine and then tried again, waving my arms and legs. Finally a 4 door  Toyota Camry stopped and entered the back seat. I said " Metro Convention Centre please quickly!"  The driver responded " will be there in 10 minutes"
 
  I was little surprised how he gave me that answer so quickly and then I looking on his dash and he had 2 GPS units.

   We had quick conversation on his career and the taxi business in general. I said" you taxi is nice and clean" he said " thank you clean car , great service!"

   
     We arrived very quickly and I paid him and of I went to get ready and start my shift.

   I had asked for the registration area for the morning, so I could catch the afternoon session with Pitbull and Anthony Robbins

       It was a good plan to start but the day of the event was a not wise decision. 7 Days prior I had suffered a knee injury playing ball hockey so I was still recuperation from it. Luckily I had got movement back in the knee, it was on ligament that was strained.

     Unfortunately I couldn't wear my running shoes during my shift. I brought them with me to wear in the afternoon!

         It was smooth morning in giving people directions to where they can go sit and where to find the various session happening during the day.

       Late in the morning I was asked to be part of the group to get lunch with group of volunteers. I said "yes!" what followed was an adventure of going to the place which was fun experience. There was a Comicon event happening in the south building and there lots of people all dressed up in cosplay costumes everywhere.

          We got the subway shop and we picked up 12 boxes of food and divided them up amongst us. The next questions was asked "are we going the same way back?" by one of the volunteers. We said "no way we are going around!" so we went around the metro convention centre and made it back in record time. Our hands literraly we ready to fall off by the time we reach the volunteers room.

         After lunch I went back to registration and helped out for the next hour and ran some errands for my manager Ariba

  On a side" she  was AWESOME! The day before she clear with her communication and answered all our questions during our traning session. It was worked out well because we knew how to handle most of the questions that were going to be asked!

        At 2:00pm I signed off and went to change my shoes and seek out few friends who were at the event.

         It was great to listen to Pitbull being interview and sharing his mini talk on turning negative to postive. He then treated us to a few songs from a few of his hit albums

     Then the  last speaker of the night that everyone was waiting for the one and only  Anthony Robbins!

        He was supposed to be on stage at 4:30pm but didn't get on until 5:30pm which meant we were not going to get out until 8:45pm.

       Let me tell you, everyone stayed!  15 thousand attendees were glued to their seats listen to words of wisdom of Tony Robbins, He has been teaching personal development for 40 years!

         At the end of the day the experience was priceless!        

                                          




         On Friday evening we had a 2 hour training session to get the lay of the land and learn our responsibilities.

Ariba our Manager showing us the lay of land with all the seats

                                           
On Saturday morning...
                                                          

                                               

Panoram shot of networking cafe

Pitbull being interview on the big screen

                               

Pitbull being interview at 2:15pm

                                          

Anthony Robbins taking the stage at 5:30pm-8:30pm

                                                 

Pravin and Jim Pagiamtzis

Jim Pagiamtzis far left and amazing real estate agants

Jim Pagiatmzis and Dwayne Richards

Jim Pagiamtzis middle with FUN Girls

Jim Pagiamtzis and Randy Ramadhin

Left to right Jim Pagiamtzis, Randy Ramadhin and Todor Yardonov

Sunil Tulsiani and Jim Pagiamtzis

                                     

Power of Networking yields to a start of new career!

           It late November I attended the 1st annual Gentlemen's Expo at the Metro Convention Centre, a two day event for men to check out various booth on Wine, cars, beer and play some interactive games

 On Sunday there was an opportunity to break a Guiness World Record the for the most men in one place with the most staches (Movember cause to raise money for prostate research) more on this later.

   
   It was amazing day I as went through the event trying out the various beer they had available. (Stella Artois was there) They had busy booth all weekend!

  There were interactive games and sports cars for the past, present and future on display.  There was an afternoon session with the some of current and previous Dragons speaking Brett W. Wilson , Jim Trelving and Bruce Croxon sharing their insights on Business.Life and Success.

 There were multiple booths from MLSE Sports Entertainment representing the Toronto Raptors, Toronto Marlboros and Toronto Soccer Team TFC.

  A booth that caught my interest was The People Store. I introduced myself and ask them a few question. Turns out they were hiring and had opportunities coming up in February 2014. I took their business cards and continued on my way.

  Had a great time at the show Saturday and even got invited back on Sunday! Two friends of mine had booths there and they got me media pass for the Sunday.

 Participated in the Guinness Book World record for most staches in the same room. Unfortunately we were 900 short. Some guy named Tom Selleck beat us!

  Fast forward to December 2013. I called the representative and had quick phone interview with them and our conversation went well, he ask for my resume and set up time to see them on January 7th,2014 at 11:00am

 It was an amazing holiday season celebrating friends and family and bringing in 2014!

  January 7th was quickly on the horized. I spent some time doing research on the company  via their website and Facebook fan page. They had numerous videos they had done dealing with various questions about their industry. It was very good information!

 The day had arrived and I show up at 10:30am (always early!) and was ready to speak to two people for the interview.

 James Martin (Team Lead Professional Services) introduced himself and we proceeded to have a seat and start the conversation. He ask me various questions about my career and I layed out what I had been doing the last 2 years since I had left the transportation industry in November 2011.

 I had been speaking and doing consulting for various corporate and small business groups all over Ontario. Was host and community manager for Camaraderie Coworking since March 2013 and  part-owner of Richmond Hill Coworking November 2013.  Had also 2 other revenue based business that I was doing.

He was very impressed with all this and ask me to come back at 12:00pm to meet with some else from the company, I agreed and went downstairs and had coffee at the Tim Horton's and caught up with some emails and phone calls.

I returned at lunch and met with Rocco Serpe ( Director of Sales Business Development) He has spend 15 years in the logistics and transportation industry with huge success. I had been in the industry for 7yr more in the operational. We had fantastic conversation!

The interviewed end and he stated he will call within the next few days.

I continued on my day and headed to meeting further west in Mississauga. At 2:00pm I got a phone call from the original contact I has spoken to in December. I was little surprised and excited!

He was calling to offer me the position and also invitation to their annual event in Niagara Falls on January 18-19.  This was awesome news!

Look forward to starting my role on February 4th

Moral of the story: You never know who you are going to meet. Shaking hand is the start, the rest is up to you to be persistent and determined to achieve your career goal.








Feel free connect with me at the People Store 
Call 905-277-4455 ext 21
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Spotlight Feature: Stuart Knight

1st  Question

You make a great statement in your talks about "asking question on a question" can you  explain the strategy?

Most people don't have a specific intention when having a conversation with someone.  Part Two Questioning is something that I introduced in my book where I talk about the importance of intentionally asking people good questions on the answers they give you.

  If I ask you a question about work, travel, family or anything during our conversation, you are going to answer the question.  When you do, it's my job to intentionally and deliberately ask you good questions on the specific answer you just gave me.

 From there, you will answer that question.  When you do, I once again want to intentionally and deliberately ask you another good question on this new answer that you have given me.

  By sticking to this style of questioning during a conversation, I increase my chances of connecting with you on a deeper level and thus having a more powerful conversation.

 2nd  Question

 As we head into the holiday season can you share how we can have more Powerful conversation when we meet new people at events?

The biggest thing you can do is actually make the effort to have a powerful conversation.  Most people make the mistake of waiting for life to come to them and then get frustrated when they don't get the results they want.  The same is true with conversation.

People wait for it to come to them instead of creating it themselves.  When you find yourself at a holiday party or dinner this season take two seconds to say the words, "I'm going to try and have a powerful conversation at this gathering" in your head before entering.  When you do that, you set the intention for having an exchange with someone that is quite different than the exchanges most people are used to.

 It's all about the questions. The better the questions, the better the answer and the better the conversation.  Instead of talking about work and the weather, ask people questions they are not used to hearing.

 Go deeper.  Take a risk and be vulnerable.  By doing so, you significantly increase your chances of creating a powerful conversation, which will lead you to a powerful life.

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21 Connections 4th Edition Newsletter. Articles, Events and much more..

"  "Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change." -Tom Clancy   In This Issue Events this week Articles Article for speakers 21 Connections Blog Metro Active blog HR Review Carib 101 Events this month November 26th Art of Leadership Learn more November 26th Power Talks Learn more November 30th Radical Focus Workshop Learn more December 4th Donate  & Learn Expo Learn more December 4th Grow Your Business Using Email and Social Media using Constant Contact Learn more December 11th ESN in Richmond Hill Learn more December 14th Grow your business using Constant Contact Learn more December 15th Power of Email Marketing using Constant Contact Learn more Cashflow in Toronto Learn more Dear Jim, November is in full gear and the Art of Leadership is happening this week. (check out side panel for details) Plus lot of other great articles and office spaces available for rent. Stay tuned for some awesome Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals! Tuesday (9:00am-5:00pm)  Art of Leadership  Learn more Tuesday (evening) Power Talks Learn more Videos Series: Check out the link below on great  talks on Networking, Blogging, Sales Strategies and much more. See more videos ING Refer a Friend Learn more Use orange key:223542427S1 Donate to great cause Support me in the November campaign and raise money for a great cause. Support Movember cause below.  Click here to donate Richmond Hill Coworking is open Learn more Office space in the Beaches Learn more Articles:        Canada Job Expo huge success  Read more Journey to speaking at GR Business Networking  Read more    Journey to launch event of Ontario Sales Association Read more Gentlemens Show a huge success Read more     5 Way to find speaking opportunities Read more  Thanks for taking the time to read the blog, feel free to forward and share information with friends. They will appreciate it! Jim Pagiamtzis Founder 21 Connections Visit 21 Connections for your free Checklist CASL Webinar OPT In Canada Lisa Kember interviews lawyer on this topic. Click to listen Opt in Canada Grow the CASL way Click to listen

Book Review: Big Al's MLM Sponsoring Magic by Tom "Big Al" Schreiter

                                                 

  
                      Tom Schretier shares a great parable of  Networking Joe and his journey in succeeding in his business.
                   



       
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Book Review: How to Get Instant Trust, Belief, Influence and Rapport! by Tom "Big Al" Schreiter

            
                                                              

 

 Great book with amazing insight on how to connect and building rapport when networking and meeting people in your journey of success.

  Tom Schreiter has the great ability to give you the nuts and bolts (no fluff) on how to communicate effectively and get your point across when promoting your business.

  Check out the link below

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