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The Biggest Barrier To Networking Success
No Foolproof Formula Sometimes, even if you follow all the expert advice, read all the books, and take all the courses, success is still elusive. This is true in any endeavour, but especially true in the world of networking and interpersonal relationship development. It can be tough to know the r...
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No Foolproof Formula Sometimes, even if you follow all the expert advice, read all the books, and take all the courses, success is still elusive. This is true in any endeavour, but especially true in the world of networking and interpersonal relationship development. It can be tough to know the r...
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If You Think Socializing Is Too Hard, You’re Right
Having a social life can feel like a full time job As someone who teaches and fosters social skills any way she can, I'm often struck by the unfairness of it all. Why do we live in a world where acquiring and maintaining one of the most basic human needs is such a struggle? Why [...]
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Having a social life can feel like a full time job As someone who teaches and fosters social skills any way she can, I'm often struck by the unfairness of it all. Why do we live in a world where acquiring and maintaining one of the most basic human needs is such a struggle? Why [...]
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How Many People Is Too Many People?
What makes a good network? Is it 10 people? 50? 100? 500? Quantity is something I think extroverts might experience as a special challenge. People who lean towards extroversion (including me) are always meeting people - it comes as easily as breathing. We almost can't help doing it. However, ther...
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What makes a good network? Is it 10 people? 50? 100? 500? Quantity is something I think extroverts might experience as a special challenge. People who lean towards extroversion (including me) are always meeting people - it comes as easily as breathing. We almost can't help doing it. However, ther...
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The Best Kept Networking Secret
What The Weirdos Know Have you ever known someone who is well connected in defiance of all logic? Maybe they're a little weird, a little abrasive. Maybe they are awkward and lack social graces. But they seem to know everybody anyway, have no trouble finding people to work with and play with. How ...
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What The Weirdos Know Have you ever known someone who is well connected in defiance of all logic? Maybe they're a little weird, a little abrasive. Maybe they are awkward and lack social graces. But they seem to know everybody anyway, have no trouble finding people to work with and play with. How ...
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Rejection: When It Isn’t About You
A few years ago, I was at an event and I saw someone whose work I admired, but whom I did not know personally. Let's call him Jeff. I decided to start a conversation. He was chatting with one other person, so I (using my trusty mingling skills) approached, waited for a break in the [...]
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A few years ago, I was at an event and I saw someone whose work I admired, but whom I did not know personally. Let's call him Jeff. I decided to start a conversation. He was chatting with one other person, so I (using my trusty mingling skills) approached, waited for a break in the [...]
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Fear of Rejection: What If They Don’t Like You?
One of the regulars at my monthly We Hate Networking meetups recently told me to write about how hard this is. "What if people aren't nice to you? What if they say no? What if they don't like you? Write about that." Personally, I don't struggle with this very much, and I think I know [...]
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One of the regulars at my monthly We Hate Networking meetups recently told me to write about how hard this is. "What if people aren't nice to you? What if they say no? What if they don't like you? Write about that." Personally, I don't struggle with this very much, and I think I know [...]
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Don’t Be That Guy Pt. 2
To me, there are two sad things about the networker we all love to hate, The Hustler: (Some) Hustlers Aren't Being True To Themselves First, I worry that many Hustlers are the result of otherwise nice, normal people trying to follow conventional networking advice that doesn't work for them. Since...
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To me, there are two sad things about the networker we all love to hate, The Hustler: (Some) Hustlers Aren't Being True To Themselves First, I worry that many Hustlers are the result of otherwise nice, normal people trying to follow conventional networking advice that doesn't work for them. Since...
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Don’t Be “That Guy” Pt.1
I think sometimes, when we say we hate networking, we actually mean we hate networkers. Not all networkers, mind you. There's a certain breed of networker that rubs many of us the wrong way. We dread encountering such a person, but almost more than that, we dread becoming such a person. The Hustl...
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I think sometimes, when we say we hate networking, we actually mean we hate networkers. Not all networkers, mind you. There's a certain breed of networker that rubs many of us the wrong way. We dread encountering such a person, but almost more than that, we dread becoming such a person. The Hustl...
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The Secret of the Holiday Season
Although I'm not a religious person, I love the holidays. Call it Hannukah, Solstice, Yule, Christmas, or whatever else; I love this season. The twinkling and flickering lights in the darkness of the long nights. The gathering of loved ones. The making and eating of special foods. The crispness o...
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Although I'm not a religious person, I love the holidays. Call it Hannukah, Solstice, Yule, Christmas, or whatever else; I love this season. The twinkling and flickering lights in the darkness of the long nights. The gathering of loved ones. The making and eating of special foods. The crispness o...
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Top 5 Networking Myths: BUSTED (plus a free gift)
1. Networking is mainly about networking events FALSE. Networking is anything that builds a supportive, productive, and mutually beneficial web of connections. Different people can accomplish that in different ways. A person could build social connections by volunteering, meeting neighbours, reco...
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1. Networking is mainly about networking events FALSE. Networking is anything that builds a supportive, productive, and mutually beneficial web of connections. Different people can accomplish that in different ways. A person could build social connections by volunteering, meeting neighbours, reco...
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The Real Reason For Networking
I'm reeling, friends. Something unspeakably terrible just happened to a friend of mine, like a bolt from the blue as she was on the brink of a new and wonderful chapter of her life. Now that chapter will never be written. Instead, she is staring down the barrel of untold quantities of grief and s...
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I'm reeling, friends. Something unspeakably terrible just happened to a friend of mine, like a bolt from the blue as she was on the brink of a new and wonderful chapter of her life. Now that chapter will never be written. Instead, she is staring down the barrel of untold quantities of grief and s...
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It’s Not Mean To Find Your People
Who are you trying to find? In networking, it's important to define your target market. This is often understood to mean customers and clients, but in the case of networking it can be broader. It depends on what your reasons for networking are. You might be looking for friends, collaborators, sup...
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Who are you trying to find? In networking, it's important to define your target market. This is often understood to mean customers and clients, but in the case of networking it can be broader. It depends on what your reasons for networking are. You might be looking for friends, collaborators, sup...
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What if Your Best New Contacts Are…Your Old Contacts?
In networking, there's often a big focus on making new connections. But if you're like me, you've already made thousands of connections, and lost track of most of them. I'm willing to bet there are at least a few old classmates, ex-neighbours, extended family members, and former colleagues lurkin...
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In networking, there's often a big focus on making new connections. But if you're like me, you've already made thousands of connections, and lost track of most of them. I'm willing to bet there are at least a few old classmates, ex-neighbours, extended family members, and former colleagues lurkin...
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Dos and Don’ts of Explaining What You Do
One of the toughest things about any networking conversation is that moment where we have to explain what we do. If our work is unusual, we're faced with the difficult task of explaining something complex and unfamiliar in a quick and interesting way. If our work is more common (eg. real estate o...
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One of the toughest things about any networking conversation is that moment where we have to explain what we do. If our work is unusual, we're faced with the difficult task of explaining something complex and unfamiliar in a quick and interesting way. If our work is more common (eg. real estate o...
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Why Bother Networking?
The Princess Bride is my favourite movie. Like many people, my favourite character is Inigo Montoya, played by the amazing Mandy Patinkin. One of Inigo’s most famous lines is delivered in response to the insistence of another character that it is “inconceivable” that they are &#...
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The Princess Bride is my favourite movie. Like many people, my favourite character is Inigo Montoya, played by the amazing Mandy Patinkin. One of Inigo’s most famous lines is delivered in response to the insistence of another character that it is “inconceivable” that they are &#...
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