Comments on: Shared-Interest Networks Help You Bridge Connections Quicker http://aha-moments.com/2008/09/shared-interest-networks-help-you-bridge-connections-quicker/ Communicate, Catalyze, Communicate Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:28:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kare Anderson http://aha-moments.com/2008/09/shared-interest-networks-help-you-bridge-connections-quicker/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Kare Anderson Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:31:56 +0000 http://aha-moments.com/?p=388#comment-232 how timely your post is for me today. I researched you after a valued colleague told me about your interest in ways people connect to collaborate (our sweet spot of mutual interest), then I read your blog and enjoyed the quality of your writing and your topics, then reached out to you. During that same time 5 people have contacted me, asking if I could help them (become a paid speaker, get a book published, etc.) yet clearly not know much about me yet depending on the introduction of a mutual "friend." Ah i sound like a grinch. Doesn't feel good. Such an approach does not speak to the notion of mutuality or shared larger world. The approach about which you write (and example cited) tends to bring out the best in both parties - best talent/knowledge and temperament. That's mutually-reinforcing and can spiral up into a deeper desire to be of help, to be open to a future collaboration. Thanks for a post that helped clarify my thinking and taught me something new. how timely your post is for me today. I researched you after a valued colleague told me about your interest in ways people connect to collaborate (our sweet spot of mutual interest), then I read your blog and enjoyed the quality of your writing and your topics, then reached out to you. During that same time 5 people have contacted me, asking if I could help them (become a paid speaker, get a book published, etc.) yet clearly not know much about me yet depending on the introduction of a mutual “friend.” Ah i sound like a grinch. Doesn’t feel good. Such an approach does not speak to the notion of mutuality or shared larger world.

The approach about which you write (and example cited) tends to bring out the best in both parties – best talent/knowledge and temperament. That’s mutually-reinforcing and can spiral up into a deeper desire to be of help, to be open to a future collaboration.

Thanks for a post that helped clarify my thinking and taught me something new.

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