Networking Benefits

One of the objectives of this Blog is related with the process of living a Networking Mindset, meaning, to be aware that each time we interact with people, we have a interest attitude for the people in a way that each opportunity will become a networking activity. I want to dedicate this post to talk about the benefits you may have if you practise a networking mindset:

1.- Strengthen your contacts: Each interaction with people may give you the opportunity to enhance your relations, even if you have just meet the people. Offer yourself to perform a service, even if it is small, and your acquaintance will remember you for the attitude you have.

2.- Project your personality or became well known: Do not be afraid to make a fool of yourself, the people generally look up to people with projection skills. Stay with a cheerful attitude and you will see that your personality transcend and your possibilities of increase your network be bigger.

3.- Publicize your business idea: One of the most important values of networking is to meet people that are interested in your idea, by investing time, money or more ideas. If you share your vision it will easily get people to contribute in it.

4.- Look for business opportunities: While you are contacting more people, and the ideas start to flow, it will became easier to find some inspiration sources for start ups, remember that if you do not have an idea maybe someone else will.

5.- Meet possible customers or partners: The same that happens when you meet people, if you have developed a networking mindset, it will be easier to identify possible customers or partners, you are in the mood and this process will allow you to find them easily. 

6.- It will help you to sell your products or services: The delivery of products goes along with the relationship, if you have enough contacts to get customers, employees, maybe you will find a way to sell your products. Just be aware of the way you approach the people, every networking activity its easily done when you get it to a personal way rather than an impersonal way.

Considering this last point: Have you participated in groups or chats where someone starts selling its products? In my experience not everyone receive well this information and some people just abandon the groups to avoid getting information or messages that were not asked for.

What is your attitude toward this situations? Tell us about it.

Universe Networking

Have you ever wished something with a lot of desire and eventually you get what you want? There are people that call this "launch your request to the universe". Today I want to explain you how this type of queries can make you get some benefits or eventually fullfill your dreams.

Some time ago I heard the phrase: "launch your request to the universe" and I understand that you have to make aware the people around you what are you looking for. It's important that you have a clear vision of what you are searching for and who you want to ask, in order to your friends have you in mind and consider your request when the opportunity arrives.

I have some female friends that wanted to get a boyfriend, I do not have male friends with this requests, but a lot of girls. So they are "launching their request to the universe" when I get to know their business. At the the moment I find a match, I try to get them to know each other and make him to ask her out or at least have a nice conversation.

Its important that you know that there should be a big desire to get what you want, not just saying it, but placing all your commitment and enthusiasm until you find the right possiblities to get what you are searching for. I had a friend that used to tell me that she want to find her significant other, so one time I find a perfect guy and they had a phone call and reach to an agreement on a date, but the same day, my friend call me to cancel with some lame excuse. I really think that my friend didn't have a full commitment to meet that guy.

Other case I have with the people that would like to travel and see the world, so each year they have the idea to get some vacations. But when the time comes to make reservations, look for offers, they look to other type of events like concerts, tournaments and definitly they lack the vision of traveling. It would be worthless to "launch the request to the universe" if you are not willing to make some concesions. I had a friend with two passions, travel and cook, and as soon as she realized that maybe a business trip could be done, she canceled her cooking class and ask them to reschedule or give her a refound, so she could get the best of the both worlds. That is the attitude!!!!

Finally there are some examples of people that hate their jobs and every day they get up to work, at a place that they don't like and get bored. Until they have the enlightment and decide to make a change in their lives, and search for a new job, so they are "launching their request to the universe" and start to move contacts and look for a better job that make them to develop their potential.

So decide, start organizing your priorities and "launch your request to the universe", at least you will have some contacts in your path to get to your objective. Tell us how you have done with your own launchings.

The weird case of the squirrel attack

Maybe you remember that 2 years ago I share the case of the falling duck inside our CEDES offices in Monterrey. Well this year I had a closer encounter of the third kind with an impertinent squirrel.

The summer break at Santa Fe Campi started on the first of July, when the last students of the summer period ended classes. This has made the Campi feel quite alone and empty and some of the services are not available.

I think that the lack of students, has made that the amount of wasted food available for the animals is less, and in the case of the Bulling Squirrel the hunger have given her the courage to approach the tables with the diners eating their meal.

The weird case of the squirrel attack, started when my eating meal group aproach to the eating zone with our trays and our food, and the squirrel decided to jump over the umbrellas that cover us at the moment. The squirrel jumped from umbrella to umbrella, looking for a way to get down to the table and I suppose grab some food. The problem was that the people hasn't eated yet and we wanted to eat first.

The chipmunk jumped several times, so I decided to move to a table that was farther from the umbrellas, and the rest of my eating group decided the same thing. Later the PhD Porras and Romero arrived to the same table that we just left. The squirrel decided to jump at them by surprise and try to take something from their trays.

Dr. Porras has at the moment a knife and try to chase off the impertinent squirrel but it didn't alter, so both Doctors decided to move to an adjacent table nearer us, and thinking that the squirrel would not attack at the same space.

The Bully Squirrel, did not give up and landed to the next table trying to reach again for the food trays. All of us were between nervous and worried, respect to the reaction we would have if the squirrel decided to step up on our table. All of a sudden, a lady near us, think about a solution, she approach the chipmunk with a tortilla and give it to her. The squirrel decided she had enough and get on her tree again.

The reflection this incident left on me is the following:

1.- The animals in the cities do attack when in hunger, so try to consider hand some of the food that could save us a good scare.

2.- The group solidarized in front of a threat, that was not big but aggresive enough, I think all the people around started to think on several solutions to the case, so sharing a little of stress with the adjacent people could bring some options to solve the problem in a faster and effective way.

3.- Share the food could be useful in tension moments.

How many times have you seen the need to share your meal to get out of a stressful situation? Tell us.

Networking and the Fruit Market

In the last weeks and months May and June, I had visited frequently Texcoco, where my family has a ranch, I take advantage of this visits to make some other errons like visit the supermarket, shopping for school supplies, getting some hardware, among others.

In this travels, I watch out a little market place that is on the sideway of the road and where you can find some fruits. This place is so popular that every day it's there receiving customers and selling Michoacan fruit.

The first time I stopped, my dad tell me that the products were the best of the region and the fresher, so I went there and buy some Chile and Peppers and get to taste them. My second visit, the owner decided to gave me a lot more product that I was buying. To give you an idea on what happened, I share you the list of what I buy and what he give me:

I buy this	He give me this
1 Kg de Mango 1 Mamey ½ Kg de Oaxaca Cheese ½ Kg de Limones ½ Kg de Prunes ½ Kg de Lyches	¼ Kg de Cherries ½ Kg de Higos ½ Kg de Guayaba 2 Mameyes ¼ Kg de Creme 3 Mini Mangos

Of course the result was my eternal fidelity, so now each time I have the opportunity, I came back, the last week I went with Marilú my friend, and we get a lot of fruits I had not the chance to taste. Papaya, Lyches, Aguacate, Mango, Mamey, Apple, Bananas, Onions, Fresh Cheese and Cream Cheese. Also they let us in their personal space and share with us some Tortillas with Mole. A real delight!

I understand perfectly the selling process of this man, who is not able to give me his name yet, but his selling technique is wonderful:

1.- Offer products of the best quality.

2.- Give up some product samples, sometimes big samples.

3.- Be willing to change the products for better quality, bigger size, fresher.

4.- Have a service attitude to customers.

5.- Always being in good mood.

And you, have you experienced something similar? Tell us.