Category Archives: Networking

Practice reciprocity without keeping score

By Harvey Mackay
   
When we were growing up, most of us learned to live by the Golden Rule:  Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.  Not “as they do unto you,” but “as you would have them do unto you.”

As working professionals, there is another manifestation of this rule, the Golden Rule for Networking.  It should permeate all your networking efforts.  But it goes against every naturally acquisitive, ambitious and self-serving impulse in each of us.

My Golden Rule of Networking is this:  Reciprocity without keeping score.  Simply stated, it means

Why network on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn and other social and business networking websites have found their place in our society. The past few years have seen an explosive and exponential growth of many such online networks. In the beginning most people were skeptical about them, but now they are not only here to stay, but they offer opportunities we never had before.

Why network?  Here are 26 or so reasons…