The way to form good relationships with people is to literally care and share. By caring I mean paying attention to your networking colleagues and listening to them.
By sharing I mean a good networker shares their knowledge, skills and contacts. It’s not always about finding new clients – sometimes you end up making a new friend or meeting a supplier who can help you in your life and business. I love the advice of Tim Sanders in Love is the Killer App for this, which I reviewed on the blog about a year ago.
What’s stopping you? The fear that someone will take advantage. The truth is that will happen. But it’s all right to take that hit from time to time. You won’t be hurt badly, or for long.