Develop a Great Network - Pay It Forward for Maximum Success

Who needs a network of people to talk to about the struggles you're encountering in your profession? You do! The more people you have in your personal network, the more people that can help you Make it Great! Don't be afraid to ask for help, as you can't do everything alone, contrary to popular belief. By developing your network, you can actually become more dependant on others, and they will become dependant on you.

The key to making it great is over-promise and over-delivering. Offering people what you know is the key to YOUR long-term success. Read that again and let it sink in: Offering people what you know is the key to YOUR long-term success. Zig Ziglar has been known to say "If you help enough people get what they want, you will get what you want."

What this means is if you prove you can help people get what they want, especially if there is no direct benefit to you, they will want to repay the favor and help you get what you want. The key to this is taking the long-term view. Don't immediately expect that because you did something nice for someone, that now they "owe you a favor" and will immediately do something for you. Eventually, it will come around.

There was a movie made in 2000 called Pay It Forward starring Haley Joel Osmond, Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt. The gist of the story was a young boy, played by Osmond, who practiced random acts of kindness to people he came in contact. These people would then practice random acts of kindness on others, which propagated more random acts of kindness, and the cycle continued. It's so simple really: Help people, and you'll be helped. Try it for yourself. It will change your life!

Phil Gerbyshak leads a team as manager of an IT Help Desk in Milwaukee, WI, and finds that sharing his knowledge is a crucial component for in his success as a leader and as a person. Phil's personal philosophy is paraphrased from Tim Sanders' fantastic book Love is the Killer App: "Share your knowledge, your network, and your love. The rest will follow." Feel free to contact Phil at http://makeitgreat.org or call 414.640.7445 anytime.

42% of Internet users do not know what social networking is
ZDNet - 5 hours ago
Across the 17 global markets surveyed, 42% of people know what online social networking is, says Synovate. The Dutch were most likely to know the term with ...

DailyTech
The US intelligence community now has their very own social ...
DailyTech, IL - 11 hours ago
It's not uncommon to find that people at work are not allowed to use social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook on company hours, but several US ...
A-Space: Social Networking for Spies, US Anti-Terror Agencies TMCnet
CIA, FBI push 'Facebook for spies' CNN
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You got the job; now how do you keep up your networking?
Grand Forks Herald, ND - 1 hour ago
Q. I find networking hard to do, but I actively did it while I was looking for a job. Now that I’m back at work, I’m facing the challenge of staying in ...

Pursuant Takes Social Networking to a New Level with Formal Launch ...
MarketWatch - Sep 5, 2008
The official launch of The Association of Former Students at Texas A&M University's "My Aggie Network" Unifyer application occurred at 3:00 pm on Thursday, ...

Is social networking dying
The Times, South Africa - Sep 5, 2008
A very interesting survey has just been released by Synovate which claims that social networking on the web has been somewhat over-hyped and that many of ...

Getting Sucked Into Social Networking
Corsavoo.com, France - 11 hours ago
Social networking began with Classmates.com in 1995. This site’s goal is to help its members find, connect, keep in touch, and form a network with friends ...

Top 10 Networking Tips To Get More Customers
Corsavoo.com, France - 14 hours ago
Set a time budget each week or month for your networking. Plan to attend a specific number of meetings or events at which you can network. ...

What Is Business Networking, Anyway?
MSNBC - Sep 5, 2008
By Ivan Misner Business networking is leveraging your business and personal connections to bring you a regular supply of new business. ...

PR.com (press release)
New Book Pinpoints Power Networking as the Key to Career Success
PR.com (press release), NY - 18 hours ago
They came to our networking meetings hoping to ‘be discovered’ by senior women, not realizing the importance of first building a personal relationship and ...

Real Estate Professionals: By Networking Everyone Wins
TransWorldNews (press release), GA - 12 hours ago
He adds, "By networking, we have already helped many investors who at the same time pair up with homeowners who need help. By teaming up everyone wins." 1. ...

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