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Show Notes
This episode explores the balance between honoring people and expanding professional opportunities in the context of networking. It was sparked by Laura Dreyer’s comment on a previous blog post about valuing people for who they are and not what they do. I also share my best advice for approaching networking events if you dread or dislike them.
Ideas
- Take a “both and” perspective and approach
- Go with a plan and a specific mindset
- Set your own minimum success criteria
- Meet a certain number of people
- Stay for a certain amount of time
- Have a childlike curiosity–figure out what that other person is really about
- Listen with your whole being–check out “What is Good Listening? (014)“
- Bring business cards–make your own for your side-hustle
Topics and Resources
- Venture capitalist Brad Feld describes his experiences at an entrepreneurship program in a prison
- This inspired my own volunteer coaching work at a prison
- Vanessa Van Edwards gives interesting advice on social situations and reading other people
- Magnet Networking events by Bassam Tarazi
- Icebreaker Questions by Claire Lew (not mentioned in the episode)
Credits
- Hallon by Christian Bjoerklund
- Cold Funk by Kevin MacLeod
- Original photo source
All songs licensed under Creative Commons
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