Overview
On this episode of Build Your Network you’ll hear three high-profile guests – Chris Harder, founder and host of the For the Love of Money Podcast; Jeff Hoffman, an entrepreneur from Priceline.com and Ubid.com; and Kevin Harrington, original Shark from Shark Tank provide stories and tips for networking success.
Topics Discussed:
- Chris Harder – Tell us about a time that a connection led to a moment of success.
- Because he’s helped out people who know people, he gets sent great podcast guests.
- Because he pours into people, they pour back into him.
- For the most part, you can’t get people’s attention.
- Why do people neglect to network?
- It’s outside of their comfort zone.
- People are afraid others will judge them or not accept them.
- You have to ask yourself what you’re afraid of.
- Start practicing your “posture.”
- Jeff Hoffman – Tell us about a time that a connection led to a moment of success.
- He engages strangers all the time and he knew he needed someone who understood finance.
- He sat next to someone he didn’t know on purpose and asked him questions about his life.
- Turns out he was a major executive in the film industry.
- He left his job and became his business partner.
- His business would not have succeeded without networking.
- He engages strangers all the time and he knew he needed someone who understood finance.
- Why do people neglect to network?
- They’re too busy being inefficient to stop and become more efficient.
- If you took a day off to go network they could do the things that take them all day in an hour.
- He realized if he didn’t build a team he wasn’t going to get anywhere.
- What’s one big takeaway to become better at networking?
- Schedule time in your week each week to network.
- Sometimes success is your worst enemy because the difference between doing pretty well and crazy success is surrounding yourself with people who are smarter than you.
- How do you find people at the level above you?
- Being domain specific.
- Go to events where people who know what you need will be.
- Kevin Harrington – If you’re going to focus on one thing about relationships, what would it be?
- Surround yourself with a dream team network that can power you to the top.
Tweetable Quotes:
- Because my goal is to pour into people, they make it their goal to pour into me.
- People are too busy being inefficient to stop and become more efficient.
- Sometimes success is your worst enemy.
Resources Mentioned:
Buildyournetwork.co – Podcast website
BYN.media/fb – Facebook Group
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