Hello beautiful people. Creating an interconnected and interdependent network requires understanding the fact that it is a situation that works on the principles of giving.
Expectations are realistic when you have given to the network and returning the favor will be so much easier because it is much easier to give than to receive and in times like this people are very grateful when you give them and expect nothing in return.
— Give before you receive.
It puts them in a position where they see you as a benevolent person who understands their needs and then, they will look for a way to pay you back even when you do not ask anything of them. Furthermore, there is an interesting opportunity in being the giver, you have many people who will be willing to bend backward to do whatever you want when you are in need.
In such case, you will have many hands willing to help you and you will have many options to choose from. It pays when you are a helper.
When trying to build valuable relationships, ask this vital question: What can I give? The answer to the question is vital because relationships and building the right network is not all about you, it is always about the network.
This should always be your mindset.
The network works better when you understand that everybody in the network is important, everybody deserves to receive from the network. Your message and your effort will get a positive response if you are offering valuable information and resources and giving to the network as much, if not more than you ask of it.
— Become a connector.
The second part of the giving equation is connecting people in your network to each other, you do not have to be the direct beneficiary of the good things that come from your network or the relationships involved in it.
Digest this information very carefully.
If there are people in your network who have resources that are valuable and there are other people in your network who require these resources, your job is to link them up and also be a middleman who will mediate and make sure everything goes smoothly.
As you work with this information in mind, people in your network will not only see you as a valuable member but a core part of the network, and you will become a confidant and a trustee. When people have sensitive information or needs, you will be the first person they will seek out, and this will benefit you greatly because your progress will extend outside the network and grow.
People will value your contribution and your words will carry weight. As your network expands, your value expands with it and after a while, your name will become synonymous with value.
Now that you understand that you have to give to the network and also become a connecting rod, you have to make it your duty to continuously do this every day, selfishly invest in your network because at the end of the day in a couple of years, it's your network that will save you.
A good write up. Becoming a connector and the act of giving is a very selfless and Worthy to emulate character. If about 1/10th of the world population can emulate this attitude, the world would have been a better place.
Also when you are benovelent, you attach yourself to that potion of God's blessings that says "Giver's never lack" . So you will be blessed abundantly by God.