The Secrets of Successful Female Networkers

Just read this article in the Harvard Business Review (I like to know women's secrets too 😉) and listened via the "Listen To This Article" feature, and sped it up a few notches.

Learn the four characteristics that distinguish the networking behaviors of more-successful women from those of their peers. In some cases those matched the behaviors of high-performing men; in others there were subtle but important differences.

Entire article: https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-secrets-of-successful-female-networkers?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3hxuFoNbWpmb_DMvsY0-qxBOmemwBOsF8X6_KIlrsM_0R98I9W_irpmak

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Ever Heard The Saying, "Practice What You Preach?"

“A story is told of a woman who was upset that her son was eating too much sugar. No matter how much she chided him, he continued to satisfy his sweet tooth. Totally frustrated, she decided to take her son to see a wise man who he respected. She approached him humbly and said, ‘Sir, my son eats too much sugar. It is not good for his health. Would you please advise him to stop eating it?’

The wise man listened to the woman carefully, turned, and said to her son, ‘Go home and come back in two weeks.’ The woman was perplexed and wondered why he had not asked the boy to stop eating so much sugar. She took her son by the hand and went home. Two weeks later she returned, son in hand. The wise man motioned for them to come forward. He looked directly at the boy and said, ‘Boy, you should stop eating so much sugar. It is not good for your health.’ The boy nodded and promised he would not continue this habit any longer. The boy’s mother turned to the wise man and asked, ‘Why didn’t you tell him that two weeks ago?’ The wise man smiled, ‘Two weeks ago I was still eating too much sugar myself.’ This man lived with such integrity that he knew his advice would carry power only if he was following his own counsel.” — Story told by Elder Jorge M. Alvarado (pictured below)

This lesson shared by Elder Alvarado is one we can all apply: It’s best to practice what you preach.

It’s not that we can’t give advice to someone without following what we’re advising others to do, but it sure does bring credibility to the advice being given. Plus, the person giving the advice feels much more certain and, to an extent, authoritative if he or she is, in fact, practicing what they preach.