Successful Networking

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Managing and growing your network

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

Anna Freud

So now you’ve covered the subject of successful networking, where can it go from here? The short answer is: wherever you want. But you must have a strategy and know what you want to achieve.

Regard this chapter more as a review than breaking new ground. To recap: no network is perfect; there are always gaps that need filling and there is always work to be done. But that’s one of the advantages. A network is organic – like a living language. Take, for example, English: every time a new edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is published, there are numerous updates to look out ...