Dear [firstname]

Wow! My creative juices are still bubbling from a fantastic breakfast session last week. We had memory tests, we had inspiration, we had balls dipped in jam!! Whether you made it or not, I strongly recommend dropping Dr.Detlef an email and getting on his quarterly creative newsletter detlef.r@cmmu.net

This week we will have another treat as Gary Orman takes to the floor to discuss "Living a Successful Life, starting Today". If you caught Gary's talk a few months ago about recruiting you will know this is another speaker not to be missed!

Finally don't forget that every week courtesy of Raja's Fashions we are giving away a tailored Egyptian cotton shirt in a lucky draw! Dress Sharp – Look Sharp – Feel Sharp thanks to Networking for Success!!

See you tomorrow at 7.30am!

-Callum (06 9838 140)

Please do not reply to this email but you can contact me at callum@mobyelite.com

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Generally in networking there are two types of people. The givers and the takers.

The takers are the kind that put many people off networking. You know when you meet a taker because they are not interested in anything you say or do, they are only interested in how you can benefit them.
Typically these fast talking salesmen don’t last long in networking, they find it really doesn’t work for them and dismiss the people who take time to build relationships as being unfocused.

The other type is the ‘giver’. The giver is oft talked about and lauded in networking literature and circles.
In fact anyone who has ever read anything on networking will be very familiar with the concepts of ‘give to get’ and ‘pay it forward’. The idea being that you need to go out there and look for how you can help other people before you focus on what your own particular needs are. ‘Build your well before you're thirsty’ or ‘build your bridge before you cross it’ are the common refrains of the seasoned networker.

Now, both of these have their drawbacks. As in nature the best partnerships are symbiotic with results that benefit both parties.

Takers, often due to their own insecurities, believe that you have to look after number one. To a certain extent they may actually discover some success by being so direct but the success is short lived because, without reciprocity of sorts, people soon tire of the demands of takers.

Givers, on the other hand, tend to give away a lot up front. Time, contacts, leads etc. Often, although they believe they are doing this magnanimously, there is a hidden expectation of return in there somewhere. If this return is not forthcoming then the giver can turn bitter at the experience and blame either the recipients or the process, in this case, networking.

There is a third way. A ‘leader’ will strive to...

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