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Contact vs. Connections...
Real Friends. Recently, I had a VC with a new networking contact. Networking for me had been a disappointing challenge until recently.
Deciding to shed everything for RV life a few years ago, she physically left a town she had built a business in for over 15 years. Well networked with these people for over a decade she told me how surprised she was that
ONCE SHE LEFT TOWN PHYSICALLY, those people stopped reaching out. Those supposed friends just walked away. And they stopped sending her business.
The business did not require her to be seen in person, and yet, out of sight out of mind immediately set in.
"I thought they were my friends." She lamented.
Our new networking group, which is how we met in the last week feel much different. It feels real. It is generous and everyone i've met so far sincerely wants to help me and connect me. Which they have followed through on.
It is an odd experience.
During our VC, she assured me it would continue. She joined a few years ago and told me she found true friendship through this group. People who do order and connect her, but also connect when there is no business to discuss.
Shallow Business networking, I think is a fair reflection of life for most of us out in the world.
A world full of contacts, but most even personal, lack any true and reciprocal connection...care for one another.
It's time we expect more of each other. Not every person is our people. But every one of us wants to be in community with our people. Don't stick in the shallows my friends...
TRY AGAIN to find your people in your life and in business. They are out there hoping you will show up to be supportive, stack the odds in each others' favors, and in the end and together you will create your tribe of "your people".
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Contact vs. Connections...
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