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Used to swap business cards like candy at every event I went to
For years I thought networking meant collecting as many cards as possible, you know, the numbers game. I'd come home from a mixer in downtown Austin with 30 cards and zero actual follow-ups. Then I met a guy at a coffee shop who said he only connects with 3 people per event and really gets to know them. Now I focus on deep conversations instead of handshake marathons, anyone else ditch the stack-and-chase method?
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jade_johnson4mo ago
Exactly, that guy's coffee shop advice completely flipped my approach too.
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miles2794mo ago
Ditched that whole approach last year and honestly it changed everything for me. Used to think more contacts meant more opportunities but now I actually know people's names and what they care about. Quality over quantity is the real move and I'm getting way better results from it.
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mary_foster924mo ago
Totally feel this. Started doing the same thing a few years back and it cut my card stack by a lot but my actual real connections went way up. Now I just aim for two solid talks where we actually exchange ideas, feels way less fake.
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