Never Eat Alone/Ferrazzi 95-97

96 When your network is set, your goals written down, you’ll find plenty of hours during the day to do what needs to be done.

I’m constantly looking to include others in whatever I’m doing.

97 The more new connections you establish, the more opportunities you’ll have to make even more new connections.

…a network is like a muscle—the more you work it, the bigger it gets.

If I’m meeting someone whom I don’t know that well, I might invite someone I do know just to make sure the meeting does not become a waste of time.

One litmus test I often use is to ask myself if I think I’ll have fun. If the answer is yes, that is usually a good sign that the dynamic will work.