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Four Simple Tips for Networking Outside the Box
By Todd Falcone
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Box. What box? I don’t live in a box! What are you talking about?
I’m talking about that little square we live in every day. No...not our home, not our room, nor our office. It’s where we reside in our minds and how we go about living our lives. The box represents our actions and our thoughts that bring about different results in the things that we do.
You’ve probably heard the phrase, "Find out what everybody else is doing and do the exact opposite" if you want to be successful, right? That is certainly the beginning of living outside the box in one dimension.
To obtain better results, do something different. Do something unusual or unexpected. Stick out. BE yourself. Uniqueness is a wonderful quality. Establish points of difference in all that you do.
Living outside the box is much more than simply USP (Unique Selling Propositions). It’s how we think, how we act, and how we live that makes the greater difference in not only our lives, but the lives we touch.
Even entrepreneurs reside inside the box most of the time. Yes...even the successful one’s do. It’s easy. It’s what we know. Then, why in the world am I writing about getting out of the box? Is it just to give you more work, more to think about, more to do? The answer is both yes and no. Certainly, not for the simple sake of making you do more, but for the complexity of making you do more. Confused yet? I thought so.
You see, when your mind is stimulated, it creates. When you’re challenged, you rise to the task. Yes, you could easily live inside the box your entire life and do quite well. Live a comfortable life, as they say. But, is that really living? It might sound like a great way to go. But there’s no growth in simplicity.
What does "outside the box" mean? It actually...
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