Networking: Is it possible to live without ties?

Literally a few years ago, I first encountered the fashionable word of networking today.

Naturally, I immediately wanted to know, , what is network .

It turned out that this is simply a synonym for the phrase "useful links".

Calmed down, I even somehow forgot about this word, but recently it began to be used so often and sometimes completely out of place, that I decided to devote an entire article to this term.

Networking: what kind of beast are you?

The dictionary of foreign words asserts that in the term "networking" two roots are encrypted: net, work, work.

The essence of this foreign word hides a mutually beneficial relationship with people who help solve various problems related to work, business, love, life, etc.

Here, for example, you did not take into account that in order for the child to be taken into the garden, he had to be recorded there immediately after birth.

Well, you did not know that we have such a shortage of preschool institutions. You went to the nearest kindergarten, when your daddy-daughter or umnichku-sonochka was already 2.5 years old. The manager laughed: "They say in what country you live, mother?", And sent you with nothing.

If you still decided to get your child to go to kindergarten, then there are three ways to act:

1. Trying to achieve justice through complaints to the authorities, publications in the press, etc.

   I warn you right away, this way will devour thousands of nerve cells from you and can not lead to anything.

2. Give a thorough bribe to the manager.

   But if a couple of thousand in your piggy bank does not lie down, then such a path can be problematic.

3. Find friends who will influence the manager.

The latter option, of course, the least expensive and hassle-free, but you may not have the right acquaintances.

In this case, it's time to remember the theory of 6 handshakes, namely it is in the alphabet of networking.

What is teambuilding?

This idea was first described in the 1960s by two talented scientists from the United States: Milgram and Travers.

The meaning of the theory is that all people on our planet are familiar with each other, if not personally, then through other people.

A chain that can lead you to any desired connection, consists of 6 people.

How long has networking been in our lives?

Long since the presence of influential acquaintances has greatly facilitated life.

In tsarist Russia, thanks to letters of recommendation from famous nobles or close acquaintances with them - you could get a warm place in the palace.

In Soviet times, connections also played a very important role, especially if it was about "getting something."

One of our family stories about how in the era of total deficit, my grandmother was able to get for my mother, fashionable at that time, boots-stockings, because she had a familiar saleswoman.

Even today, everything is often decided not so much by the availability of money, so much abundance of necessary links: quality treatment and education, a wide choice of work - to become the owner of all this is simple enough, if someone is influential for you.

Here's to you networking in action!

A couple of years ago, one of the Russian research centers conducted a survey among the population of the country on the topic: "Does life in the life solve useful connections?"

It turned out that a quarter of those surveyed believe that without blat, it can not be successful, half claimed that ties uniquely simplify life, and only the remaining quarter was convinced that it was easy to live without ties.

As you can see, networking is really a useful thing in our life.

Networking: 10 basic rules

Naturally, like any other trend or phenomenon, networking has a number of rules and conditions.

You will get the formula for success if you stick to them:

1. Do not be afraid to take the initiative in making connections.

   People you need for your career, love, way of life can not appear at all, if you wait until one of them takes the first step.

2. Do not be too intrusive.

   An official with whom you have spoken with two words at an exhibition is not obliged to run the next day and solve your housing problems.

   Before asking a person for something, you need to establish a trusting relationship with him.

3. When trying to solve a problem, raise not only the nearest ties, but also very distant ones.

   You never know which of the acquaintances can come in handy.

4. Use any means to acquire new connections.

   Like modern( social networks, dating sites), and time-tested( parties, conferences, cultural events).

5. Be always ready for a new acquaintance.

   If it's a business relationship, you always keep your business cards in stock, if it's about personal business, keep an eye on your appearance.

   Who knows, maybe in the supermarket you will meet your future husband / wife, and what kind of chances do you have if you ran out there in a ruffled, untouched, holey sport?

6. Do not just take it, but give it away.

   
   The more people who turn to you for help, you will help in solving their problems, the more likely that, when you need it, no one will refuse you either.

   Have you heard about the boomerang law?

7. Periodically looking through the papers, do not throw away phone numbers and business cards.

   Even if you are convinced that they will never be useful to you.

   The more contacts you have, the more likely it is to solve the problem quickly.

8. Keep the coordinates of the people you need in order.

   "I wrote down a phone number on a piece of paper, shoved it somewhere, then accidentally found it, but I forgot whose it was, so I threw it away" - this situation in your life should not exist.

   Buy a business card, conduct an electronic or hand-written database of contacts.

9. Set up your network.

   Meet some of your acquaintances with someone else.

   If they prove useful to each other, it will raise your authority.

10. Communicate with people only in a positive way.

    If you, when meeting with someone - secretly imagine, as a "hysterical bitch" or "spiteful brawler", then you can hardly expect to receive any help.

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Use on health.

Now you know exactly what networking is, and you can use such a useful phenomenon for your own purposes to find a good job, change your marital status, improve your life, and, in general, make your life more interesting.