Comments on: Respect Networking http://www.jessekanclerz.com/blog/2009/02/respect-networking/ Marketing advice for running your business. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:34:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: SAO http://www.jessekanclerz.com/blog/2009/02/respect-networking/cpage/1/#comment-19850 SAO Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:40:21 +0000 http://www.jessekanclerz.com/blog/2009/02/respect-networking/#comment-19850 When networking well, one must always start with an intentional connection. Networking (in the general sense) is interacting in a way that is very intentional: it isn't unlike meeting someone attractive at a bar - the conversation didn't just happen, it was created with a certain intent. However, like speaking well to a stranger at a bar, good networking can evolve from an intentional conversation to an organic conversation, with genuine interest in the person as a person, and not as a means to some other end, whatever that end may be. It sounds to me like your car salesman (owner of the dealer or not, he's still a salesman!) had no attachment to you as an end, but only as a means. There's the rub. When networking well, one must always start with an intentional connection. Networking (in the general sense) is interacting in a way that is very intentional: it isn’t unlike meeting someone attractive at a bar – the conversation didn’t just happen, it was created with a certain intent.

However, like speaking well to a stranger at a bar, good networking can evolve from an intentional conversation to an organic conversation, with genuine interest in the person as a person, and not as a means to some other end, whatever that end may be.

It sounds to me like your car salesman (owner of the dealer or not, he’s still a salesman!) had no attachment to you as an end, but only as a means. There’s the rub.

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