I am very blessed to be at my mentor, Robert Allen's house in San Diego, networking with a group of powerful and successful people.
Why do you need to network?
The reason is because in a network you will find people with Resources, Ideas, Contacts and Expertise. This is where you leverage on each other. In order for you to leverage on others, you will need to let others leverage on you too and the more you can put on the table, the more others will want to network with you. In other words, the more you can give, the more you will receive.
"The Rich network, the Poor just work."
Don't underestimate the power of networking, but before you go out and start networking, you need to have the clarity from this ancient chinese saying; Be near to sucessful people and stay away from negative people.
Yes, networking with the right people is very important. You don't want to network with anyone, do you? I learned that a good place to network is to go to the right place and I love to be at places where people are positive and are keen learners. I usually find these people at paid seminars and the higher the amount they pay the higher the quality of the people. Most of my associates and partners are found in paid seminars.
I don't network at country clubs because, generally, the people there may be rich and successful but they may not be that humble. I also found out that most very rich people are very humble too.
End of the day, you want to network with people with a character that suits you. People that will ask more of you. People that will help take you to the next level.
So start looking for a good place to network.
