Personal Branding Tip 238 · Relationships
Check In Before You Disappear
If you are heads down on a big project, schedule brief check-ins with your key contacts. A network left silent stops sending opportunities.
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Why It Works
The book names a dried-up network as one form of audience fatigue: relationships need effort, even during your busiest stretch.
Where It Comes From
- Category
- Relationships: The people who know you, and the people they know.
- In the Series
- Tip 238 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Relationships
More on Relationships
Tip 242 · RelationshipsRepair One Broken PromiseThink of the last time you broke your word to someone. If the relationship still matters, reach out this week and apologize.
Tip 246 · RelationshipsAsk About Them, Not Their WatchAsk successful people how they think and how they built what they have. Skip the questions about what they own.
Tip 250 · RelationshipsDeposit More Than You WithdrawBefore asking anyone for a favor, look at what you have done for them lately. Make a deposit first: an introduction, a share or a referral.
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