Networking is an ART!
Believe me when I say this. As a professional in sales for over 4 decades, I crafted a ‘treasure trove’ of a well-established, cultivated and vibrant network which exists till even now.
It consists of opinion leaders, entrepreneurs worth much more than their weight in gold, professionals who are ace performers, individuals who are amazing thought leaders and even a large section of the younger generation who keep me in touch with ever changing ecosystems and explorative intellectual moments with their nonchalant thoughts filled with a brevity of unimaginable yet factually innovative future realities!
To create a network that could be the very foundation of all your success stories, needs to be explored as a subject that could result in endless possibilities for you! And there are just 4 Tips I have for you that can give you a major head start in building a network – powerful and effective – to be connected with for a lifetime.
#1 Effective Networking Is About Giving Not Taking:
When your sole intention of creating a network of people is to constantly keep approaching them with a begging bowl in your hand, you will soon find yourself begging all by yourself in a wilderness of hostility. Networking is about being a catalyst of progress for each of your connections by ensuring they benefit out of your network of people. In turn they will help you to benefit too – without your asking!
#2 Power Your Network By Becoming An Aspiration For Others:
When do you know you have become an aspiration for others to aspire to become a part of your network? That’s when you’ve faultlessly served most of the people in your network and they’ve begun to talk about it. People unknown to you get to hear of you and get impressed enough to aspire to be a part of your world. That’s when you know you have truly become and ASPIRATION as a networker!
#3 Don’t Fake It To Make It:
Don’t walk around pretending you’re the cat’s whiskers! If you’re faking it, then get ready for a ride that’s going to take you nowhere. Transparency, honesty, commitment – big buzzwords for roping in the very best into your network. People love people who can be their true actual selves. Carry your imperfections on your sleeves. And surprise yourself to see how many people would love to aspire to be YOU!
#4 Commit To Deliver And Deliver Your Commitments:
This is the best networking tip, and I can dish out to you. And it doesn’t need a lengthy explanatory paragraph to hit the nail on the head! Think twice before you commit to deliver. Because the power of your network will depend entirely on how you finally deliver your commitments.
See you soon…
Anand
