How to Effectively Establish Connections and Networking Skills

Don’t take networking as a successful and uncomfortable thing, concentrate on making friends.

We understand what mentality to hold, but how do we actually start?

The following good methods can reduce the time for you to explore, and a little less difficult and terrible psychological barriers.

1. Start with the original friend

Research shows that the fastest and easiest way to expand contacts is not to hand over business cards to street corners, but to connect with old friends.

This is not utilitarian at all. They were originally your friends, but they haven’t contacted you for a year.

Connecting with old friends is a good starting point, and it’s not scary at all.

Browse your Facebook friends list, Linked In contacts, or phone book.

Then send a few emails a week and ask them: “How have you been?”

Studies have shown that this kind of friendship that has stopped for a while has helped the cause even more than new friends.

In addition, the University of Chicago neuroscientist (John Cacioppo) found that when we use Facebook to arrange a real party, we can increase happiness.

But if Facebook is used instead of meeting, it will increase loneliness.

One thing to remind everyone here is that if they are friends who only interact on social media, they cannot be counted as contacts.

We are going back to the concept of kindergarten again.

If your “friends” are just like e-books stacked in a digital online library, it is different from face-to-face chat. It is not called interpersonal relationship, but just fighting for the number of people.

2. Find the Super Network King

In the interpersonal network, judging from the branch of the network, not everyone is created equal. The research done by Brian Uzzi and Sharon Dunlap shows that the network also has a certain 80/20 rule.

The vast majority of our friends are probably from a few “Superfriends“—the ones who are most like pandas among your friends.

Therefore, if you try to expand your network and want to make new friends, start with useful places.

Study the list of Facebook friends or phone contacts, and you will find that many of them are known through a small group of friends.

Find out these “super friends” and ask them: “Who should I meet with?” Super friends can provide far more people than others.

3. Set aside time and budget

People say that they want to expand their network, but they rarely take this as a priority. They really spend time or special effort to do it.

For example: “Every week, we will spend an extra US$50 for coffee and lunch, and contact our friends for feelings.”

The best-selling author “Ben Casnocha” pointed out that in order to expand the network, the network king will make a certain amount of time and money in advance, and will not hesitate when the opportunity comes.

College students know that Friday and Saturday nights (and perhaps other nights) are party time, and they can easily meet new friends. You should follow a similar approach.

Research in academia shows that one of the most conflicting things among friends is to make time for meetings.

Therefore, you should arrange the time in advance, so that the establishment of the network from “sounds good, one day will do it” into a real run to do.

In addition, there are many disputes about whether money can buy happiness, but related research has determined one thing: if you spend money on the people we love, it can definitely bring happiness.

So, send a text message to your friends and ask them to have a cup of coffee!

4. Join a group

No, no, it’s not the kind of “network” that makes people roll their eyes.

That kind of group is also uncomfortable, frowning.

Hosting a party yourself is great, but the frequency may not be so frequent as to have a lasting effect.

Do you know a group of friends who will have lunch together every week? Or, people who watch American football together every Sunday? A book club of colleagues?

These activities will allow you to be in a fun, non-active way, naturally in the crowd and interact with others.

Studies have shown that a team that mixes old friends with new blood is not only the best, but it can also expand contacts.

In addition, participating in a few of these groups can easily increase what is scientifically called “luck.”

Compared with being alone, being a member of a community group can increase your adaptability and overcome stress.

If there is no such group around you, the easiest way is to be a convener and gather a group of people.

Other friends who also want to engage in social activities and expand their network without utilitarian purposes will definitely appreciate you.

5. Don’t lose contact

We meet people in plenary meetings outside, but rarely spend time keeping in touch and nurturing friendship.

Notre Dame researchers analyzed eight million phone calls between two million people and found that the way to keep friendships long was actually simple: contact every two weeks.

If you are not a very familiar friend, you do not have to contact so often, but the principle is the same: occasionally say hello.

It doesn’t take a lot of time to say hello, and send a few emails a week, and it will make a big difference over time.

Panda’s interpersonal network is very large, but the time he maintains his network is still surprisingly small.

Usually, just by emailing each week, doing small things for others or helping the matchmaking, both can help others and maintain interpersonal relationships in a natural way.

Helping people is even beneficial to health. Longitudinal studies have shown that those with the longest lifespan are not those who receive the most assistance, but those who give the most assistance.

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