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Practice networking daily, making the right efforts with patience, and you will see your network growing, as you become more comfortable and confident.
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Socially acceptable internet stalking
If you are going to a club or a meeting, it helps to check online and on the event's page about the people that are going and touch base with a few of them.
When you arrive at the event venue, you can meet those persons and can avoid loitering alone there.
Put the effort to connect
Even if this effort pays off half the time, it is worth it.
Find the result ratio and improve it
If you reach out to 50 people on email and only one real connection happens in your networking, it is worth the effort, and the learning.
You can fine-tune your ways to get better results as you progress.
Practice
Practice networking daily, making the right efforts with patience, and you will see your network growing, as you become more comfortable and confident.
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Try it. The worst that could happen - someone doesn’t reply and stares at you.
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Understand what networking is
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They need to re-frame this activity as a way to make interesting friends and acquaintances in the long run.
Identify people you respect
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Beginner's Luck
Beginner's luck does not actually exist. Most of the time the beginner has a similar skill that aids them. Or the novice could be new to the task, but have tried it before and failed repeatedly.
Anything Is Possible
To the beginner, anything Is possible. They are not encumbered by experience and are willing to try out many possibilities and solve problems creatively.
The expert has narrowed down the possibilities and can become too comfortable with their own perspectives.
Experts Choke Under Pressure
When you are good at something, you're under pressure to perform at your level. This can put you under pressure.
A novice doesn't care particularly how they perform and don't feel any pressure to perform.
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