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I was talking to a new client recently, and he told me that every time he goes to networking events, a voice in his head tells him he has nothing to say, no one is interested, and that everyone else is a better networker.
No wonder networking seems hard and discouraging.
Networking is a popular place for this negative talk track to appear. Perhaps, for you, the voice appears in public presentations, in conversations with your boss, during job interviews or project meetings, dating, in-laws or college reunions. Choose your favorite situation.
You can't succeed in networking, interviews or conversations when you treat yourself negatively.
To dilute the negative voice, try this:
Think about someone you love - a friend, a sibling, or one of your children. Now imagine them at the networking event with you following them around whispering in their ear that they aren't good enough and will never succeed.
Ridiculous!
You'd never do that to them, right?
And yet, you do it to yourself.
Again, imagine the person you love. If you were a bug in their ear, how would you encourage them? What would you say?
See where this is going?! At the risk of connecting obvious dots...
Say those things to yourself.
Networking (and presentations and conversations with your boss and interviews) just got a whole lot easier.
Write to me and tell me all about it!
Rebel love to you!
Christina
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