Meeting and networking with new people is pretty much essential for virtually every business as often it is who you know. As well it can be a great way for everyone to grow together where everyone\u2019s unique skills and offerings can be complimentary in helping one another grow. There are even speed networking apps nowadays that almost feels like some dating app. That\u2019s what got me thinking where even with those apps it\u2019s easy to meet new people but actually connecting and understanding about each other\u2019s business is something people don\u2019t normally dive into.<\/p>\n
Why this got me thinking as the other day I saw a post from a person who was interested in creating some work and was seeing who else would be interested within the same field. The thing is this was the exact person I saw in a different place before where while we connected we never actually seriously sat down to discuss if our skill-sets and interests match up in any way for some kind of collaboration. So seeing the person post that made me think how many times we constantly met the right people but fail to take any action.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s sad to think about where you spend all that effort looking for the right people when they are right in-front of you huh? It\u2019s almost like you have to discipline yourself to take the time to genuinely speak with the people you meet where if you don\u2019t you can\u2019t go on to the next person. Because in many ways it is such a potential lost opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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