There is a version of networking that is fundamentally about what you can get. And then there is a version that is fundamentally about what you can give. The second version is both more fulfilling and, in the long run, far more effective. Tip #12 in The Luck Field Manual by The Polymath Investor puts […]
Your Mother Was Wrong About This One
We spent our childhoods being told not to talk to strangers. And then we grew up and discovered that talking to strangers is where the magic lives. Tip #11 in The Luck Field Manual by The Polymath Investor is simply this: Talk to Strangers. Every new person you meet, the author writes, is a chance […]
The People You Sort of Know Might Be Your Biggest Assets
Your closest friends and colleagues love you. They also know most of the same people you do. Tip #10, “Cultivate Weak Ties,” from The Luck Field Manual by The Polymath Investor points to one of the most important and counterintuitive findings in network science: the strength of weak ties. Research by sociologist Mark Granovetter famously […]