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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/p>\n

President of Simply Driven Executive Search A member of the Sanford Rose Associates\u00ae network of offices, Kent Burns, Featured in www.americanexpress.com, 7 Personal Habits That Can Instantly Turn Off Business Colleagues<\/p>\n

Dallas, TX 6\/13\/2014<\/p>\n

By Geoff Williams<\/p>\n

These days, meeting someone in person can arguably be a bit unnerving for some entrepreneurs. After all, according to the 2010 U.S. Census records, there are at least 10.1 million self-employed people, and while yes, plenty of solopreneurs pride themselves on dressing up even when they’re working out of their home office, it’s a safe bet plenty of you’re working in sweatpants and forgetting to comb your hair until you pass a mirror at 11 in the morning. And if the only people you see on a regular basis are your spouse, your kids and the UPS driver, chances are also good you aren’t exactly polishing your communication skills on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

Kent Burns, President of\u00a0Simply Driven Executive Search<\/a>\u00a0in Indianapolis, says that when he meets someone in a business setting, “I assess them very quickly. Appearance communicates how much someone really cares about their persona. And I notice their fingernails, too\u2014[both] men and women.”<\/p>\n

Read more: https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/us\/small-business\/openforum\/articles\/7-personal-habits-that-can-instantly-turn-off-business-colleagues\/?linknav=us-openforum-search-article-link2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: President of Simply Driven Executive Search A member of the Sanford Rose Associates\u00ae network of offices, Kent Burns, Featured in www.americanexpress.com, 7 Personal Habits That Can Instantly Turn Off Business Colleagues Dallas, TX 6\/13\/2014 By Geoff Williams These days, meeting someone in person can arguably be a bit unnerving for some entrepreneurs. After all, according to the 2010 U.S. Census records, there are at least 10.1 million self-employed people, and while yes, plenty of solopreneurs pride themselves on dressing up even when they’re working out of their home office, it’s a safe bet plenty of you’re working in sweatpants and forgetting to comb your hair until you pass a mirror at 11 in the morning. And if the only people you see on a regular basis are your spouse, your kids and the UPS driver, chances are also good you aren’t exactly polishing your communication skills on a regular basis. Kent Burns, President of\u00a0Simply Driven Executive Search\u00a0in Indianapolis, says that when he meets someone in a business setting, “I assess them very quickly. Appearance communicates how much someone really cares about their persona. And I notice their fingernails, too\u2014[both] men and women.” Read more: https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/us\/small-business\/openforum\/articles\/7-personal-habits-that-can-instantly-turn-off-business-colleagues\/?linknav=us-openforum-search-article-link2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[206,241,242,211,243,208,244,213],"class_list":["post-1114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sra-news","tag-finance-and-accounting-executive-search","tag-finance-and-accounting-recruiter","tag-indianapolis-indiana","tag-kent-burns","tag-kent-burns-indianapolis","tag-kent-burns-president-of-simply-driven-executive-search-a-member-of-the-sanford-rose-associates-network-of-offices","tag-kent-burns-simply-driven-executive-search","tag-simply-driven-executive-search"],"yoast_head":"\nPresident of Simply Driven Executive Search A member of the Sanford Rose Associates\u00ae network of offices, Kent Burns, Featured in www.americanexpress.com, 7 Personal Habits That Can Instantly Turn Off Business Colleagues<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These days, meeting someone in person can arguably be a bit unnerving for some entrepreneurs. 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