Why your weakest connections are the strongest
Here’s a question to ask: Who can I help the most in my network?
Is it my best friend? Or family? What about my peers?
What’s funny is that usually it’s neither of those people. Obviously they are the people closest to me, but not always the people I can help the most. Typically, the people [...]
Finding passion in college
Honore de Balzac wrote: "Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless."
Life just isn’t near as exciting without a passion. Last night my buddy and I talked about how hard it is to settle on what your passion is while you’re in college. It’s rare to find someone [...]
Time is limited… Connect early
I’ve recently been talking with a bunch of my friends that just graduated. When I ask them how they got their job, there is two common responses.
1) Through their network2) (And more often) Through the internship they had the summer prior to senior year.
Whats funny, is that when I ask how they got their [...]
The Networking Jerk
How many times have you heard: "It’s not what you know anymore…It’s not who you know… It’s who knows you"?
That phrase is still just as wrong as it’s ever been.
It should be changed to: "It’s not who knows you… It’s who knows and likes you."
Here’s what I mean:
How many people do you know? How many [...]




