Who's Your "A-Team?"

Do You Have An “A-Team”??

In the book  A Referral Of A Lifetime there was an amazing exercise that required the reader to write down the names of everyone they knew. Yes, everyone.

These people could be friends, family, neighbors, church members, customers, suppliers, and even on-line friends. Once that was accomplished, the reader was then asked to separate these contacts into A’s, B’s and C’s. The purpose of this was to identify the “A’s”, or the people who most strongly influence who you are and how you succeed. They are people you consider your cheerleaders or the people most likely to support you in anything you do.

So go ahead and make that list. Got your A-team? Great. Now reach out to them. Write them a letter, shoot them an email, or better yet-take them to lunch.  Take a moment to give them a big THANKS for always being supportive and being a great friend. The valued connections you have today are the currency of tomorrow.