Description: In this episode, I am speaking with my good friend Steve Harper. Steve is a serial entrepreneur, professional speaker, author, and leading business strategist; Steve Harper has successfully uncovered the secret to creating powerful and long-lasting connections and their impact on one’s personal and professional life. Steve is the ultimate connector and does amazingly well despite being a big-time introvert. After having Kurt Schmidt, the author of the little book of networking, in episode 315, I wanted to bring Steve Harper on to discuss the art of building relationships. Here is Steve’s bio from his website: A serial entrepreneur, professional speaker, author, and leading business strategist, Steve Harper has successfully uncovered the secret to creating powerful and long-lasting connections and their impact on one’s personal and professional life. Over his thirty-year career, Steve has maintained a unique focus on developing strong, long-lasting connections with his clients, prospects, employees, and friends. He’s honed his unique ability to foster relationships into a strategy for achieving solid business success. That strategy, represented in his book The Ripple Effect, is the backbone of his signature 8 Minute Ripple events, speaking, podcasts, courses, coaching, and online communities. Steve’s unique and refreshing approach to how and why individuals, organizations, and even our society must reach outside the box to connect; is changing lives and impacting corporate bottom-line dollars. This episode is sponsored by Career Pivot. Check out the Career Pivot Community, and pick up my latest book, Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life Third Edition. For the full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode click here.