Scaling a personal network

Re-looked at this post from Rajesh Setty that has been languishing in my notes for a while. How might I put this into practice today, and every day?

Everyone is looking for more capacity as they pursue their dreams and/or as they take care of their pressing issues at hand. Since it is humanly impossible for me to personally add capacity to everyone that I meet, I have to tap into my extended network to see who are the people who can do that. Almost in parallel, I have to also filter out those people who can help AND also will benefit from the person I’m talking to.

An acronym to remember: BUILD

  • Belief in my own ability to do this. A fundamental block to start.
  • Understanding the process (I lifted the paragraph from that section)
  • Intent to care and contribute. Have Right mindset
  • Listening. Like really listening
  • Doing. The practical aspects of doing this.
    • 🤔 Fred Wilson’s double-opt-in (the other party must also be open to be connected).
    • ✅ Draft well
    • (automating the process!)

Source: Rajesh Setty LinkedIn post