Hi Kenneth,
How would you build relationships in your network communities?
Before I joined Adlandpro, I didn't belong to any Internet networking communities. My network consisted of the people who I knew from personal contacts.
The Internet and more specifically, Adlandpro and other networking communities I've since found, has made my network limitless, but I need to do my best to make the meaningful connections within those networks.
Everyone at Adland belongs to this "one community." A community of friends, mentors, business associates, suppliers and customers.
Many of us belong to other communities as well. Some of them are for networking and business while other communities are families, neighbors, co-workers, religious associations or civic organizations or clubs.
Each one of these "networks" can be viewed as circles of influence or association. I believe that Master Networkers become "gate keepers" who introduce people from one network, who have a specific need or problem, to people who can solve the problem. Often times, this creates an overlapping of the separate networking communities and the effect is that our world becomes a smaller, tighter community. A community in which many people go out of their way to help someone in need...sometimes for personal gain, but oftentimes, it's just for the satisfaction of helping someone solve a problem.
One of the important lessons that I've learned is that having integrity in business and personal relationships is the most important thing of all.
Integrity is all about "doing the right thing" even when doing the wrong thing might benefit you more and no one would know the difference, but you do the right thing because it's what you're supposed to do.
Thanks Kenneth for the opportunity to be a part of your network!
Take care,
Mike
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