by Patrick Galvin | Jul 31, 2019 | Relationship Building, The Connector's Way
Amazon just delivered a brand-new Instant Pot to my front porch. The kitchen appliance with the cult following has been in my sights since it sold out last Prime Day, when a whopping 300,000 Amazon Prime customers beat me to the punch. This year, I acted quickly and...
by Patrick Galvin | Jun 27, 2019 | Relationship Building, The Connector's Way
Everything you need to build your business is tied to other people. Clients, contracts, connections and cash—they all depend on your ability to grow and maintain mutually beneficial relationships. Yet relationship building skills are often taken for granted. Most...
by Patrick Galvin | Jun 11, 2019 | Relationship Building, The Connector's Way
Mortgage Coach’s Dave Savage is a natural connector and an industry thought leader. Naturally, I was thrilled to be invited on his show. If you’re a mortgage lender, this discussion is filled with ideas to grow your mortgage business one relationship at a time. (Note:...
by Patrick Galvin | Jun 7, 2019 | Communication, Relationship Building
It happens to the best of us: voice mails pile up, inboxes overflow, and text messages disappear. There’s always more work than there are hours in the day. I know it’s stressful because these things happen to me, too. But there is a new communication trend that I find...
by Patrick Galvin | Feb 1, 2019 | Relationship Building
The first few weeks of a new year are a good time to reflect on resolutions. Did you make any for the year ahead? If so, have you kept them? I took a poll at the Rotary Club of Portland’s weekly meeting and was happy to see how many of my fellow Rotarians kept...
by Patrick Galvin | Jul 30, 2018 | Relationship Building
I was looking for a cool spot to enjoy my boxed lunch when I saw a group of 15 to 20 teenage girls on their midday school break chatting and enjoying the shade on rustic wood benches. I asked whether I could join them—and their faces lit up. My Name is Giraffe “What...
