Had
breakfast this morning with two friends who’ve been inviting me to join them
for two years. I kicked myself a couple of times under the table for not doing
it sooner.
Recently,
I’ve come to the conclusion that my circle, the group of people I come in
contact with on a regular basis and from whom I can gain ideas and feedback, is
too small. Like many of you, I meet a lot of people but don’t spend much
quality time with them. And yes, you can work with the same people every day
and not spend much quality time with them. So, I’m expanding my circle. I’m
making a commitment to create more opportunities for connections.
There’s a
wonderful book about networking and communicating, Never Eat Alone, by Keith
Ferrazzi. He says we need more people in our lives with whom we have refrigerator rights relationships; “the
kind that are comfortable, informal and intimate enough to let us walk into one
another’s kitchens and rummage through the refrigerator without asking.”
How many
folks do you have refrigerator rights relationships with? If you can name them
all on one hand—and they all live in your house—that’s too few.
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