Chit chatting with a wide variety of people
in a wide variety of situations
cultivates the confidence to create connections
with specific people in specific situations
for career conversations.
Putting categories on separate pages before adding new chats.
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“With a smile and a kind word they (True Warriors) make friends wherever they go, and they never carry the mark of a victim.”
“Stated simply, the more friends you have in the world, the safer you are.”
Shawn T. Smith
Surviving Aggressive People: Practical Violence Prevention Skills for the Workplace and the Street
Pages 2 and 15.
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“As Granovetter pointed out, the people whom you spend a lot of time with swim in the same pool of information as you do. We depend on friendly outsiders to bring us news of opportunities from beyond our immediate circles –
and so the more of those acquaintances we have, the better.”
Ian Leslie
“Why your ‘weak-tie’ friendships may mean more than you think”
BBC
July 2, 2020
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“But in a place such as Silicon Valley weak ties are gold.”
Eric Weiner
The Geography of Genius: Lessons from the World’s Most Creative People
Page 303