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Networking; The Quality of Deeper Connections
We network to meet new people, start, develop and nourish relationships, serve more people with our gifts and build our businesses. When I caught myself complaining about not seeing enough new faces at a local networking meeting I paused and woke up to what it’s really all about; deeper connections.
Be happy with what you have and serve those people with everything you have.
This was advice I’d heard before; to not worry about the fact you don’t have 100 clients, but to serve the two you do have with enthusiasm.
I guess I heard it and didn’t let that fully absorb until this week when I realized it was stupid to think someone I’d just met would know, like and trust me enough to sign up for my program.
I mean, kudos to the killer sales people who have that pitch down pat to the point people whip out their credit cards the first time they hear about you.
But most of us did not go to school for marketing, sales or networking. Most of us are surviving on B-School or The Product Launch Formula, or other self-taught information we spend our nights praying is enough.
In the end, it’s not about how many clients you have, yet. It’s about nourishing deeper connections with the ones you do have.
