I want to share a story with everyone:
Ever since I could remember, my mentality has been that everything will end up fine, no matter where I am in the world. For instance, my trip to the 2004 olympics in greece. I do not want to drag out a super long story, so here it goes...
My european trip led me to my best friends house in bulgaria and he did not want to go with me to Athens, which was a 16 hr bus ride. I had the money to buy the bus ticket but shortly after I got robbed. What was I to do? Well simple, have family send me a quick few hundo and I will be fine, so I thought. I did recieve their money but I did not exchange the dollars, so I was still broke. Anyways, I get on this bus and we head south to Athens. I get to Athens and I exchange money and I buy all the tickets I can with it, stupid idea. I had no more money left for... food, water, place to stay, shower... I did NOT let that affect me though, not one bit. In fact, I was almost happy becuase I was now going to experience Athens in the most different light possible, from the street. I was able to literally beg for change, and get food. I was comfortable enough to sleep on the street where the police kindly kicked me awake and treated me like the drug addicts that normally hung out at the park. Either way, I saw my favorite sports last day, swimming! I then made my way to the acropolis and shmoozed my way into the ruins and I got to meet many olympic athletes. I ended up back on my bus to return to bulgaria and made it there safe. (actually there are so many details to this story you barely got the gist of it.)
So where is this going you might be wondering. Well, this is a story of how I was able to meet people of different cultures, backgrounds, languages, and still get what I needed to survive in 110 degree wheather with no money. All I had was my return ticket, a bottle of water I cleaned out, and my passport.
I always think about this story when I go to networking meetings and meetups. I have built up enough confidence to know I can rely on my communication skills to get me in touch with whoever can help me get to where I need to be.
Last night I was at a networking event and I was too late for the actual, "networking" aspect. I sat there and heard a speaker talk about auctions and how to market properties, yeah, it was thrilling. I was in a hurry to meet as many people as I could before the session was done becuase I lived about 1 hr drive from the place and it was getting late. At the end of the meeting, the speaker says, "are there any questions or comments you would like to add?", I just waited for my turn and rose my hand and without any waste I said who I was, what I did, and how I could help everyone in the room. Once the meeting got done, literally, almost everyone in the room came up to me to introduce themselves and handed me their business cards.
My mantra for meeting new people and growing my business is, "Do all you can, with what you have, from where you are." If you constantly ask yourself if you are doing these things, you will push harder to get whatever outcome you desire. Read Napolean Hills' "Keys To Success". THere is a whole section about an attractive personality, and that is what I am trying to build upon.
Think about it,
Roberto.
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