"Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable."
- Wendy Wasserstein
Do you REALIZE what is the most difficult thing about "putting yourself out there ?" Putting yourself out there. No, I didn't accidentally write that twice… it is the ACTION of "doing" something.
Do you find yourself in AWE of people that seem so COMFORTABLE and CONFIDENT in groups? They seem to master their way through a group, making friends left and right, never seeing a person they did not know (or at least acting like it). HOW DID THEY BECOME SO SKILLFUL?
There is a SECRET to becoming a "person to know" and knowing a bunch of quality people…
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
MAKE THE EFFORT! Make the effort to show up at a group meeting on a Wednesday morning at 7:30am full of people you do not know. (I did that this morning myself)
Make the effort to JOIN a club and then ask who is in the leadership. Then do the really ScArY thing… CALL THOSE PEOPLE!!
The SECRET that sociable people KNOW that others do not is that very few people are so CONFIDENT that they will refuse a new friend or contact. People, inherently, are DESPERATE for acceptance and inclusion.
Be the person that CONNECTS the group. Be the person that is EASY to meet and know. Be the person that puts everyone at EASE because you make the awkward introduction, rather than waiting on others to do so.
Whether people admit it or not – they LOVE the person that will PUT THEIR SELF OUT THERE. They want to be that person, have that confidence and make those connections. They want to be you!! Go help them do that…
Cheers,
Zach
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