Networking - part-1

Successful people read about human relationships,
because this is the most important skill.
People need productive relationships for personal growth and to have a good career.

The people we spend most of our time with shape who we are.
People subconsciously pick up habits and thoughts from their friends.
Our friends influence our behavior and way of thinking without us noticing it.

So, some people hold us back, while others propel us forward.
When we spend time with successful people,
we subconsciously pick up their way of thinking, habits and behavior.

Having negative people around puts us in a depressed state of mind.
Avoiding this kind of people is a blessing.
We need to spend more time with positive and productive people, and avoid time-wasters.

Who is influencing you? Who is ‘in your ear’, what voices do you hear in your head?
How are they influencing your state of mind, behavior and your decisions?

Gradually reconstruct your social environment.
Politely distance or withdraw yourself from a relationship that affects you in a negative way.
Let negative and ‘do-nothing’ people go.
Politely get the time-wasters and energy-drainers out of your life.
It is necessary for us to gently get negative people out of our life.

Spend more time with people you admire.
Spend some time with a good mentor every week. You social energy will gradually increase.
Find people who are implementing productive ideas and learn from them.
Interacting with people, who are accomplishing something productive,
serves us as an inspiration, and it helps us take the right actions.

Keep making friends and developing new relationships.
We need to improve our story-telling and self-presenting skills for that.
Share your good ideas with no expectations to get anything back.
When we have no expectations, we usually exceed them.

Spend more time around people who inspire and encourage you.
Write the names of the critical people next to your goals.
Write down the names of people you need to learn from to achieve your goals.
To get repeated clients, we need a plan.
Develop your relationship action plan and act on it every week.


Vocabulary

subconsciously  -  подсознательно
to pick up  -  перенимать (привычку)
to notice  -  замечать
to propel  -  продвигать вперед
gradually  -  постепенно
to distance  -  дистанцироваться
to withdraw  -  отводить
to affect  -  влиять
to drain energy  -  истощать энергию
to admire  -  восхищаться
to implement  -  реализовывать
to interact  -  взаимодействовать
to accomplish  -  достигать
to serve  -  служить
inspiration  -  вдохновение
expectations  -  ожидания
to exceed  -  превышать
to inspire  -  вдохновлять
to encourage  -  воодушевлять

Alex Kritskiy, a private English teacher, Ph.D., 38-067-391-76-62