168. Networking for Professionals: Simplified and Applied Guide

Matt Tometz Performance Podcast

Your network and networking isn't good enough to help you achieve what you want to achieve. "It's all about who you know" and "your network is your net worth" isn't cutting it anymore. Time to take action to take control of your networking!

Top quotes:

"If you do the right stuff for the right people over a long period of time, that's when the opportunities come your way."

"Not that it's a direct correlation: drive 1.5 hour each way to shake someone's hand and they offer you can opportunity. But I know how to not get those opportunities, by not doing those things."

"When you're trying to grow, you network upwards. When you're trying to get together, you network laterally. When you're trying to teach, you network downwards."

Timestamps:

-1:26 Stories and examples of when networking came back around to positively benefit me over the last 4+ years

-6:54 Core principles, concepts, and networking definition: intentionally (organically) exchanging value with other professionals

-12:49 Breaking down the different kinds of networking (upward, lateral, and downward)

-16:07 What NOT to do in networking, avoid this at all costs

-19:02 How to cold approach someone for networking using my XYZ formula

-21:22 How to continue networking over time with those already in your network

-24:41 Action items (3) for yourself moving forward to start taking control of your networking

Link to YouTube: https://youtu.be/HiDKLiqW-x4

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