Having too many secrets can cause you to be closed in your own shell and not be able to network. But how open are you willing to be? Here’s an example of significant openness and a discussion about it. Let’s start with John Lennon and his monkey, that have nothing to hide:
After mapping the first places to start your network, we can be creative on the next places to look at. The idea is that networking should be part of your day and spotting opportunities everywhere. If all this doesn’t make sense to you, that’s OK. In this post I’ll try to demonstrate from my personal experience and the people around me, which are naturally part of my network, how to establish first connections outside your family and friends.
The first thing to remember and to understand is you must be active and consistent about your growing network. This means that connections in most cases won’t built up by themselves. Let’s review the possibilities:
How active are you physically? Do you work out? jog? swim or cycle? If not, you should, and for more than the one reason. Put a side the obvious health advantages of being fit and the pleasure of it, taking part of any sport is a great way of getting to know people. In other words – establishing connections.
