I have been reading a bit today and came across an article on “It’s Time to Stop Networking”, by Hank Blank.
He had a posting that showed up on Laguna Niguel Connectors, via LinkedIn.
I read his posting and essentially agree with the concept that he wrote about – but, don’t forget he networks all the time and has, per his article, almost 10,000 contacts in his iPhone.
For comparison, I have under 340 in my cell phone.
Not in the same league!
His nuggets are seeding, pruning, and harvesting.
That brings me to this note – on relationships.
For the sake of being overt – I am equating building relationships with building friendships.
I have a very simple concept – I am not humanly able to maintain exceptionally close relationships with a large number of people concurrently.
However, I am able to continue to reach out to people regularly, and that without limit.
Between these two bounds – the very close and the very large, is the connection between networking and relationships.
And by extension, the answer to the above question – networking vice relationships?
That is a small way is an encouragement – balance!
Keep networking and building relationships – this process will balance out in the long run.
cajrtodd
