A network functions precisely because there’s recognition of mutual need. There’s an implicit understanding that investing time and energy in buildin… - Keith Ferrazzi

Coming up with goals, updating them, and monitoring our progress in achieving them is less important, I believe, than the process of emotionally deciding what it is you want to do.

our shared mission. Collaboration: We will collaborate, not sell each other on our ideas or bleed into consensus. We will be insatiably curious while breaking through to new levels of innovation. We will respectfully challenge the other’s ideas and provide the candid feedback on the mission to attain better outcomes. Development: We commit to helping each other develop our skill sets and/or behaviors so our performance improves. We give each other permission to trust our instincts and to give the candid feedback the other person needs to hear so we can grow. Speak truth: We will speak the truth in service of the mission and each other. We give each other permission to trust our instincts and give feedback and candor when needed. We will see and receive such candor in service of each other because we care about each other’s success. No victims: Nothing will stand in the way of our transformation. We will divorce ourselves from

And the law of probability ensures that the more new people you know, the more opportunities will come your way and the more help you’ll get at critical junctures in your career.