How do you enter into a relationship for your own benefit without making it all about you?

Why is ethics essential to successful networking?

When does "How can we help each other?" become a form of manipulation and misrepresentation?

These and other highly relevant topics are addressed when networking guru Greg Peters joins The Rabbi and the Shrink.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thereluctantnetworker/

How did reluctant networking grow into the next big idea?

If people want to work with people they know, like, and trust, unethical behavior will sabotage your success.

How can engaging in a conversation that doesn't interest you lead to successful relationship building?

The complicated business of referral fees.

If something is objectively ethical, can it still be a bad idea?

We have nothing more valuable than our good name.

A networking event is not a place to look for sales.

Look for a common point of reference.  Ask open-ended questions not about work.

Being a little vulnerable makes us more accessible so others will do the same.

The power of "and you?" or "What a great question! What answers have you gotten?"

Respond without I, Me, or My.

If you pretend to have interest, you might spark some genuine interest.

Is it ever too late to follow up?

The Word of the Day:  Gulosity 

Excessive appetite, greediness
Don't indulge in "what's-in-it-for-me?"
Look for ways to be of service

Zig Ziglar: You can have everything you want in life if you help enough other people have what they want in life.