Every group contains 2 types of people, "givers" and "takers."
Givers are always focused on what they can give to help others, to make the world a better place, to grow their business, to have bigger impact, and to add value.
Takers are always focused on what they can take to help themselves, to make their little (I emphasize little) world a better place, to grow their business, and add value to themselves. The irony is that by doing so, they lose value, shrink their business, and lose influence in the world.
Networking can be hell or it can be heaven. It just depends on who you are networking with... "givers" or "takers."
Take this little allegory as an example:
A man spoke with the Lord
about heaven and hell.
The Lord said to the man,
"Come, I will show you hell."
They entered a room where a group of
people sat around a huge pot of stew.
Everyone was famished,
desperate and starving.
Each held a spoon that reached the pot,
but each spoon had a handle so much
longer than their own arm that it could not
be used to get the stew into their own mouths.
The suffering was terrible.
"Come, now I will show you heaven,"
the Lord said after a while.
They entered another room, identical to the first -
the pot of stew, the group of people, the same long-handled spoons.
But there everyone was happy and well-nourished.
"I don't understand," said the man.
"Why are they happy here when they were miserable
in the other room and everything was the same?"
The Lord smiled.
"Ah, it is simple," he said. "Here they have learned to feed each other."- Heaven and Hell, The Real Difference by Ann Landers
If you want to be a great networker, grow your business or life, make more money, reach your dreams, and have a bigger impact than you have to learn to be a giver and network with other givers. Which one are you?
An honest test: 1. Make a list of everything someone or something has done for you. 2. Now, make a list of what you have done for others.
How can you add more value to the world and your clients? Answer that everyday and watch your success explode.
Be a giver!
Jon Bohm
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