"connections" are nothing more than that. Only a few old brothers are really close to you. And the "contacts" that many people are proud of in social places such as classrooms, meetings, dinners, wine tables, supper, farewell meals, KTV, saunas, etc. are generally unreliable. On the premise of no emotional foundation, people don't have connections, and they all fight for comprehensive strength. For the weak, some so-called connections seem to be all red, but in fact they are false and prosperous. Society is a cone, and everyone climbs on the top of the cone. The distance between you and people of the same level and different fields is the radius of the plane circle where you are. As long as your level is higher, your contact with people in other fields will be shorter. It's not easy for third-rate investment bank employees to know third-rate actors, but investment bank bosses and big stars can get together. It is very difficult for an academic rookie who has just graduated from a doctor to know a grassroots government clerk, but academicians can easily communicate with the governor and have a cup of tea. Therefore, it is not the vastness of your contact range that determines your effective contacts, but your own strength level. How many people you know is meaningless, and how many people you can call on is meaningful. It's not that I know someone every day, have a meal with a certain celebrity, and I have established a friendship relationship or formed a new network of resources with any goddess who gave me the micro-signal. The key question is whether I have enough ability and level to stand on the same level as them. Even in different fields, I can talk shoulder to shoulder-he is an investment bank MD, I am a vice mayor of the government, he is a vice president of the university, I am a big film director and so on.

networking is not how many people you know, but how many people know you, who have the use value of equal exchange and the chance to win cooperation. This is networking! Remember, networking doesn't mean how many people you use, how many people you boss around, and how many people do their best for you, but how many people you help. Networking is not how many people surround you and hold you when you are brilliant, but how many people are willing to stand up and help you generously when you are in trouble and when you are down and out.