Build Your Network 6/7: Your Pivotal Contacts. And How to Find Them

In this Build Your Network Series we've covered why networking fails, how to treat your network as an asset, the three relationship types you need, what separates investors from takers, and how to fill your relationship bank with deposits that compound. 

Today we get into the relationships that can change your trajectory entirely, the handful of people in any career who compress years of progress into months.

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STUDY CITATIONS

Nour, D. (2008). Relationship Economics: Transform Your Most Valuable Business Contacts Into Personal and Professional Success. Wiley.

Askin, N. & Dubois, C. (2024). "Building a Personal Board of Directors in an Era of Nomadic Careers." California Management Review, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. https://cmr.berkeley.edu/2024/05/building-a-personal-board-of-directors-in-an-era-of-nomadic-careers/

ABOUT THE BUILD YOUR NETWORK SERIES

Most people think networking means collecting contacts. It doesn't. This seven-part series breaks down what it actually takes to build a personal and professional network that compounds over time, a network that opens doors, creates opportunities, shows up for you when it matters most and overall gives you an edge to being successful.

Built on the framework from David Nour's Relationship Economics and supported by research from Adam Grant, Mark Granovetter, and Robert Cialdini, along with my two decades of successes and failures building a network, the series covers everything from why traditional networking fails to how to identify the handful of people who can genuinely change your trajectory.

Whether you're early in your career or decades in, the principles are the same: relationships are one of your largest assets. How you invest in them determines the return.

The Build Your Network series is 7 episodes plus a BONUS episode that runs from episode 231 to 238 here on the Productivity Podcast.

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