I was at a BNI chapter last Friday, listening to the member that was delivering his 10-minute presentation. I say I was listening – that’s actually completely untrue: 3-4 minutes in, I had developed something of a trance-like state, and I was thinking about what I was doing that weekend (a visit to the in-laws, since you ask).
I then checked myself – I must concentrate on the presentation! Looking round the room however, I noticed that about 25 other people (out of 30 in the room) were also staring into the middle distance in various trance-like states. This got me thinking: why were just a small minority of the room paying attention? As BNI members, they will have spent time building relationships with the speaker – he had a 5-year member badge on – so he clearly should have had the respect of his fellow members. [click to continue…]
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