I recently read The Power of Who by Bob Beaudine and found interesting his take on networking. Much of his book can be summed up by this statement..."you already know someone right now who knows the person who will help you achieve your goal or hire you or introduce you to the person you need to meet."
His whole idea is that we waste so much time networking and meeting new people and that what we really need to do is cultivate a few great friends. It is those 3-10 great friends (inner circle)who will ultimately help you. It may not be them directly, but someone they know or one of their inner circle's friends....if that makes sense.
Think of this. If you have 3-10 great friends, those people who will help you in most instances, each of them has 3-10 great friends. Out of that inner circle, you will have 3 close friends and 1 best friend. Of those 3-10, you will share some same friends, but ultimately the circle of influence gets bigger and bigger.
One of the biggest mistakes that we make in trying to get that position we would like to have is that we ask the wrong people. We often ask people that we have just met or someone in that field that we may barely know. He explains that we need not be afraid to ask the inner circle for help...it is imperative to start there.
I think it is a book that many people would like to read. It doesn't necessarily have to do with basketball or even the business world. It can be a book for you to better understand your own circle of influence. Your "Who" friends. Once you understand better how relationships can work, you can get many of the things that you thought were hard to gain. It may be something as complicated as a job, or as simple as someone being able to find you a new bed frame for your son.
Especially in today's Internet society (social networks), we are intertwined in so many ways, however, the best people to help you are those closest to you.
His whole idea is that we waste so much time networking and meeting new people and that what we really need to do is cultivate a few great friends. It is those 3-10 great friends (inner circle)who will ultimately help you. It may not be them directly, but someone they know or one of their inner circle's friends....if that makes sense.
Think of this. If you have 3-10 great friends, those people who will help you in most instances, each of them has 3-10 great friends. Out of that inner circle, you will have 3 close friends and 1 best friend. Of those 3-10, you will share some same friends, but ultimately the circle of influence gets bigger and bigger.
One of the biggest mistakes that we make in trying to get that position we would like to have is that we ask the wrong people. We often ask people that we have just met or someone in that field that we may barely know. He explains that we need not be afraid to ask the inner circle for help...it is imperative to start there.
I think it is a book that many people would like to read. It doesn't necessarily have to do with basketball or even the business world. It can be a book for you to better understand your own circle of influence. Your "Who" friends. Once you understand better how relationships can work, you can get many of the things that you thought were hard to gain. It may be something as complicated as a job, or as simple as someone being able to find you a new bed frame for your son.
Especially in today's Internet society (social networks), we are intertwined in so many ways, however, the best people to help you are those closest to you.
