Some people still tell me, “I’ll get connected to everyone and their brother on Social Media sites and the clouds will part and the money will fall out of heaven.” They don’t say it in those exact words, but their intentions are clear. They think that the number of connections, friends and followers they have is an indication of their future income. Actually, it’s only a representation of the possibility of their future income. And if I may be so bold, let’s take the income equation off the table. Because if you add enough value to your connections, friends and followers then and only then will you be in a position to derive a steady income as a result of effective networking. If connecting to a ton of people guarantees riches, shouldn’t everyone with a phone book be a millionaire? Exactly. Study people skills. Break out your “How to Win …
Giving versus Getting
I’m rereading “The Go-Giver” by Bob Burg and John David Mann. I read this book when it came out a few years ago and wrote a review of it in one of my newsletters a few years back. What a gem of a book. I can’t recommend this masterpiece enough. The premise of the book is that shifting your focus from getting to giving is not only a nice way to live life and conduct business, but a very profitable way as well. This flies straight in the face of what modern society often tells us. Modern society is wrong. I once heard a very wise and wealthy man say “Watch what 95% of the people are doing and do just the opposite.” I believe he was spot on. Isn’t it funny how the most important things in life are paradoxes? The paradox is that the more you give the …