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Don’t Be A Jerk While Networking

Allison GrahamJuly 13, 2018

If you network for business you’re bound to meet a jerk (or a few).

What do you do when you have good, authentic intentions for networking and the person you’re meeting with has a more aggressive approach? This episode of FU-CHAAA Fridays comes from a friend’s story. After a few sentences, the woman she was networking with said, “Tell me how you’re going to put money in my pocket or you’re wasting my time?”

In this episode:

  • Why cliched advice, “Don’t take it personally” doesn’t help.
  • The four things to do when you’re networking with someone who is a jerk.
  • Important things to do, so that you don’t turn into a jerk while networking for business.
  • Three ideas of what to do so you don’t get caught in the busy-busy cycle of connecting and not making money.

Key takeaways:

  • Set boundaries when networking, including learning to say no, limit length of connection meetings, and network during times of the day when you’re not committed to high-earning activities.
  • Networking for business means you need to pay attention to the value in a connection: you can think it and plan for it, but don’t say it to the person you’re meeting.
  • Don’t place judgments, based on past bad experiences of being taken advantage of, on new connections.
  • Stop adding fuel to the fire by continually retelling your negative stories while you’re out networking for business.

Check out Allison’s books:

Married My Mom Birthed A Dog: How to be Resilient When Life Sucks

and

From Business Cards to Business Relationships: Personal Branding and Profitable Networking Made Easy

Connect with Allison Graham: 

Website: www.allisongraham.co

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Email: allison@adg333.wpengine.com.co

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Welcome! I'm Allison Graham

Let’s face it – life is tough enough without having behaviour patterns that make life harder than it needs to be! 

That’s why I’m obsessed with finding ways to make the human experience easier by offering strategies for problem solving, dealing with chronic pain, leveraging empowering stress, and stopping patterns that create destructive stress. 

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