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“Acquaintances, in short, represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have, the more powerful you are.” – Malcom Gladwell
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“…if you want access to the social power of acquaintances, it helps to know a few super-connectors.”
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Never Eat Alone:
Helping others find good employees is a real currency.
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…act as a pseudo-headhunter yourself, always on the lookout to connect job-hunters and job-seekers or consultants and companies.
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When you help people land a new gig, they’ll be inclined to remember you if they hear of a new position opening.
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Seek out ideas from people you don’t ordinarily talk to who inhabit professional worlds you don’t ordinarily travel in.
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If you are sharing someone else’s circle of friends, be sure that you adequately acknowledge the person who ushered you into this new world, and do so in all the subsequent connections they helped foster.
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Never Eat Alone:
Never forget the person who brought you to the dance.
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As your community grows, partnering becomes more of a necessity. It becomes a matter of efficiency. One contact holds the key to maintaining all the other relationships in his or her network.
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The digital medium is all about speed and brevity. It may make communication efficient, but it’s not effective when it comes to making friends.
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