Continue to Improve and Refine Your Skills

How do I continually refine my skills, my surroundings — the biggest aspect being the room for "self-improvement?" Continue to strive for the next big thing.

In New York, I belong to a club where I enjoy taking clients, prospects and friends to lunches and dinners and to provide a place for expanding my social network. Soon I will be joining a club in Florida to continue the process there.

I have also become involved with two charitable associations. Not only do I feel that I am giving back to others, I am also enhancing my knowledge by meeting new people and learning from them.

Whatever you do, find the opportunity to always be learning and observing others. Sometimes instead of being glued to my iPhone at every moment, I observe people to see what they are wearing, how they are putting themselves together, how they speak, and what trends they are discussing. It is almost like treating the world as a “book without borders”––as you write each page with your experiences.