The Power of Networking

If you didn’t happen to catch the show “Connected: Six Degrees of Separation” you should try to find in on your cable or dish network. Watching this show will really give you some insight into how powerful networking can be.

In the program they first reveal that there is a science of networks and that the study of this subject has started to lead to some most incredible opportunities. For example they are now doing genetic research looking for genes that are causes of specific diseases using networking theory.

The most fascinating thing was the experiment they did re how connected we all are. This was inspired by the Brad Pit event where someone decided to show that Brad was connected to almost every other actor in Hollywood through those he had worked with.

They set up a test subject in Boston, a professor and Boston U. and then distributed 40 packages to people all around the world. The idea was that each of these people was to give their package to someone they knew with the idea of eventually getting it to this professor in Boston. They were not allow to look him up on the Internet only forward the package and have that person forward it further.

What they discovered was that the packages would arrive within 6 hops. The results indicate that you are probably only a maximum of six connections away from anyone in the world.

The point of my story is to impinge upon you the power you have if you work your network and continue to add connections and build valued relationships. Some of the people in the above experiment had almost no connections. One was a woman in a small tribe in Africa I believe. She had only one friend in a major city that even had access to postal services. No one else in the tribe even knew anyone outside the tribe. She was able to get her package to the professor in just six hops.

As a networker you have far more power in your hands than you realize, the key is learning how to use it.

I hope this blog and the free materials I provide (LinkedIn Netowrking Success Kit) will help you. In addition do not hesitate to contact me regarding your LinkedIn or networking questions. I am looking for subjects to do blog posts and other free materials on.

You may reach me at: “flyn@onlinebusinessnetworker.net”

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