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…connecting. It’s a constant process of giving and receiving – of asking for and offering help.
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By putting people in contact with one another, by giving your time and expertise and sharing them freely, the pie gets bigger for everyone.
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Until you become as willing to ask for help as you are to give it… you are only working half the equation.
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There’s an implicit understanding that investing time and energy in building personal relationships with the right people will pay dividends.
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Today… employers offer little loyalty, and employees give none.
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Our careers aren’t paths so much as landscapes that are navigated. We’re free agents, entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs – each with our own unique brand.
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Independent people who do not have the skills to think and act interdependently may be good individual producers, but they won’t be seen as good leaders or team players. Their careers will begin to stutter and stall before too long.
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…relationships are more like muscles – the more you work them, the stronger they become.
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Relationships are solidified by trust. Institutions are built on it. You gain trust by asking not what people can do for you… but what you can do for others.
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…the currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.
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