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Networking: Creating A
Whirlwind That Pulls You Forward NETWORKING: CREATING A WHIRLWIND
THAT PULLS YOU FORWARD
Whatever your dream, you alone will
not accomplish it. If it’s taking classes to become a massage
therapist, or figuring out how to work from home, you will require
a network of people who will help you make important connections.
Those connections could be introductions to other people. They
could be opportunities and information that may provide direction
or open your eyes to possibilities you never knew existed. Can you
afford not to always be looking to expand your network? No –
because expanding your network means expanding your life. When you
expand your life, you make space for dreams to happen. Most of us
do network expansion by happenstance – when a project requires
us to make a call, or a dinner puts us next to someone new. What
if you made network expansion part of your daily or weekly life
and looked for opportunities to make those connections? You will
create a whirlwind of activity that will put you at the center and
begin drawing all kinds of interesting (and sometimes unexpected)
people and situations to you. The results can be astounding.
Here’s a recent experiment to ponder: I took two days and
emailed or faxed 22 friends/acquaintances in my current network,
telling them that I was expanding my network. They were asked to
look through their rolodexes for people they thought I should
know. All of these people knew my personality and occupation. My
request included what type of people I wanted to attract for this
experiment, ie: successful, motivated, open and people-oriented.
In some cases, specific industry types were requested. Within two
weeks, there were 14 responses, out of which came a useful
marketing tip and 11 names and phone numbers. The quality of the
new contacts was incredible, ranging from producers, speakers and
recording artists to retired pro football players. Follow- up with
the new contacts included phone conversations or lunch, and a
swapping of business information. It was great, but what was
happening during the period of this networking project was even
more fabulous – the whirlwind began widening. For instance, I
was asked to serve on a local board of directors and also on a
town government committee. There were colleagues offering
opportunities, and an invitation to an event hosted by a dynamic
philanthropist. And then, there was the phone call that informed
us of an unexpected inheritance. Now, some of the things that
occurred during this period were directly associated with the
networking project and some weren’t. But, weren’t they? The
whirlwind effect is very empowering and lifts you above the normal
minutia of everyday life. Things out of the ordinary suddenly have
room to move in and you become very magnetic.
Can you do this? Sure -- here are
some tips:
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