168 hours… that’s quite a bit of time. It also happens to be the amount of time that I spent in the state of New Hampshire in the month of September.

Why would I spend so much time in the Granite State you ask. Learning.

I belong to BNI (Business Networking International), the worlds largest referral organization and specifically BNI Western Massachusetts. The reason I belong to BNI is because it helps me grow my business, to the point that I was largely unaffected by the recession the United States and the World just went through.

Not only does BNI help me grow my business by allowing me to be a part of a group of professional business professionals, but it also does something that could even be considered more valuable… it educates me. BNI educates me in how to be better at business, how to network better, how to present myself better to clients and groups and how to give. You see, the philosophy of BNI is “Givers Gain^®”. If I work hard trying to help you grow your business, you will want to work hard for me in growing my business.

So I spent 168 total hours in New Hampshire and 72 hours of that in training sessions learning how to not only be better at BNI as a Director and Trainer, but also learned a ton that will help me be better at growing my business itself!

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