Visiting networking

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain

The weekend is around the corner and we are ready to mingle around, What should we do if we are hosting a party or if we are invited? What if I'm not in the mood? Is it commitment or just a friendly gather up?

Soccer meeting

As you may seen in this blog, I'm an easy person to come along to parties or events (sometimes I follow them) but not everyone has the same temper to make relations. So if you are a homey person and mostly ashamed to introduce yourself at some events, I will give you some tips that may help you to consider assisting to this events and to make them part of your life.

The first type of reunions to consider are the family ones. At least in latin american cultures, is considered a comittmet, because the family is a really important part of our lives and even if there is some distance or time in the middle, at the end the family always is side by side on the most important dates and events. So if a cousin invites you to his birthday party, my suggestion is that you make some time in your agenda and go. If you see that you are not adapting to the situation, because it's your family, you can always make a graceful flight and come back to slice the cake.

Evening meeting

Other kind of reunions are the ones related to your job, you may be invited to a lunch or a cocktail -- and I am not speaking about the working meetings where there is a box lunch involved -- I am relating to those meetings that require a little networking and are additional to any other working meeting with your boss or colegues. Sieze this events to increase your friend and contact network. This doesn't mean that you are going to make your new best friends forever, but you can have some good professional contacts at a lot of this events, and maybe at a near future you can have some business with them.

Finnaly there are the friend's parties, sometimes made by oneself or by a group of your closer firends -- this are made to catch up and keep in contact-- usualy by having a theme in common, a social life or simply because is your friend and you like him or her. This type of meetings are really fun, because there usually is a lot of trust and relation time involved. My suggestion is that you try always to meet your friends to make your network bigger and better.

So even if there is family, work or friendship, always make an effort and try to catch the most different events you can, so you will increase your network.