13. Why does networking feel fake to so many people?
Are you performing or actually connecting?
People are readily tuned in when you're not paying attention.
Curiosity is the key to better connections.
Take 40 seconds and I'll explain. 🎧
Transcript
It feels fake when we are performing instead of connecting.
If you are thinking about your elevator pitch while someone else is talking, you are not really in a conversation.
If you are deciding whether someone is valuable before you know anything meaningful about them, they become a transaction.
People are remarkably sensitive to that.
The cure is not a better script.
It is genuine curiosity.
Ask something you actually want to know and listen to the answer.
Then, let the conversation go somewhere unexpected.
Professional networking can have a business purpose without pretending it doesn't.
Honesty about that purpose and genuine interest can comfortably coexist.
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