💡Advisor to CEOs Building Transformative Teams 📍Entrepreneur, Investor ❇️ Ferrazzi Greenlight Consulting 📚 #1 NYT Bestselling Author
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If you want to meet someone you don’t know, the easiest way in is through someone you already do.
But how you ask decides whether the introduction ever happens.
Here’s how in 3 steps 🧵
3. Reply the same day, and lead with the name.
“I’m a friend of Jane’s, and she suggested I talk with you.”
If you have something specific to discuss, put it right after that line.
If you want a bigger network fast, find the people who already know everyone.
They tend to work in the same 7 jobs. Here’s where to find them, and how to build a relationship with one 🧵
Once you find one, treat them as an equal.
Give as much as you get: introduce them to people you know, and help with what they’re working on. That’s what turns a contact into a real relationship.
If you reached out to someone and never heard back, don’t give up yet.
In Never Eat Alone, I wrote about how to handle it when people don’t reply.
Here’s what to do next, and what to say when they finally answer 🧵
3. When they finally answer, act like it’s your first try.
Don’t mention how long it took, and don’t apologize for following up.
Just start the conversation, and keep it comfortable for both of you.
3. Next to each 1-year goal, write down the people who can help.
Use names if you have them. If you don’t, write the kind of person: someone who’s already done what you want to do, or someone hiring for the role you want.
1. Write down where you want to be 3 years from now.
One big goal is enough to start. Make it specific enough that you’d know whether you hit it.