People socialize and do business with others they know, like, and trust.
Nobody owes you their time and friendship. It has to be earned. And all this takes time.
It's not that hard, but it's not that easy either.
I discovered a little method to help me overcome my social anxiety and natural awkwardness.
Showing up consistently even when I wasn't seeing results. I never assumed that someone owed me their time, energy, and presence.
I would show up and make it a point to have small conversations with the people to the left and right of me. People kept on telling me that networking works, so I refused to give up.
I had to trust the process.
I knew that building friendships takes time. I'm the new weirdo in the room. Why would anyone trust me after only a couple of appearances?
To this day, some of those other weirdos in the room are some of my best friends. I even met other weirdos in other rooms in other cities.
These little principles are universal. This is how I started to grow a nice little social circle in the dance scene. I kept showing up.
I became a familiar face. A cute adorable face at that.
Check out this short video I recorded in 2014 outlining my revolutionary and proprietary methodology.
You can have it for free.
It's me before grey hair. Same smart-ass. No grey.