One of the trainees approached me during a training session and said, "Sir, I am in the catering business, but all that is holding me back is that I don’t have connections."
"Don't worry," I responded with a
smile, "the connections are always there; the difficulty is that we don't
always reach out and let people know who we are." Gone are the days when
you could connect from the comfort of your own home.
I advised her that to be connected, she needed to leave her comfort zone and meet new people and experience new places.
We need connections in business, but we must
also recognize that we can only develop those connections by reaching out to
individuals on a regular basis and by participating in professional forums that
allow us to mingle with potential connections and clients.
Many professionals have excellent skills but
operate in isolation and sometimes are only open to small circles of
acquaintances that may not even help them professionally or in their
businesses.
A business connection is not something that
falls on us without any effort. We must work for it and make sure we maintain
our connections. We are fortunate to have the internet, as it makes
connectivity easier than before. You can build business connections just
online, though at some points you have to concretize the connections with
offline actions.
To be a connected professional, you must
attend professional events, reach out to people you believe can assist you or
refer you, and sell yourself to them.
You need to exist professionally to build and
maintain your business connections.
Do you want to be assisted in building business or professional connections?
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