Show Notes
Networking can get a bad wrap. Often reaching out to people you don't know can feel weird, awkward and uncomfortable. Selling frequently feels synonymous with sleaze. Scott and Andrew discuss ways to eliminate the sleaze from your networking efforts.Don't miss these Topics:* Sincerity definition and approach.* Mindset and thought process when approaching networking efforts.* Managing your identity and confidence.* Changing your current feeling about networking.* Upgrading your networking finesse and maturity.* Preparing for the networking meeting or group event.* Finding a genuine purpose for networking in the first place.* Answering the "what do you do question".* The power of branding and asking questions.Resources (including affiliate links)Brene Brown Ted Talk: The Power of Vulnerability iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:15 - 00:07:17to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster whether you're unemployed brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation it's an ebook a free pretty often the people that come to a Scott they have this approach avoidance people right so you have that in common when we talk about sincerity I found it helpful to look at the roots of the Word Sin Means Without Sarah is the Latin word ending material right for the highest end type of buildings they were doing whether it was a temple us in a little holes and imperfections the unscrupulous marble hi it you would then at at prime price you would then use it and product as being without wax it was real it was sincere right mindset matters how you begin the thought process of as you prepare event you have to be or even networking one on one You have to be perfect before I can actually do some short because my assumption is that when I go to I been unemployed for any length of time that part of my confidence made the you it allows you to manage both well and it for anybody who knows who Rene Brown is comes to being in the workplace whether you're leader and employees whatever or you are the more sincere the other person will be now obviously there are limits to that respond to you your chances of recognizing it for what it is increases for lack of a better term whatever triggers us is often going to make us questions only if that's the case and you're looking for something within that you may have some Oh being sincere about that being mindful of the mindset doing networking for the first time you're gonNA be uncomfortable that doesn't mean you're not confident or sincere but we go and we do it anyway and if networking to you feels forced us right then we we want to encourage you to take a different approach than that we've wouldn't suggest that they had to be if you're not into small talk go ahead and start gently them on your page right away and that takes a certain amount of finesse it does it it's going to feel even more uncomfortable but it's going to be a safe environment and you may feel at feeling awkward and still performing you will definitely be better at it when you're in people about is how do you prepare what how have you prepared your thoughts before aww networking conversation would apply.00:07:17 - 00:18:00I think where we're at in this is probably have to have a certain set of beliefs about networking I I think before and you're out of your comfort zone here's an opportunity for you to get out of your comfort zone and learned something and the points within that so that you're prepared to talk around what you want to talk about the talk about whoever they may be now you're listening and people will remember makes it a lot easier for me just to look down and maybe re review them and working but I know it's important and so I'm going...