Get rid of that ‘Ack!’ feeling networking brings by using our structured system to overcome your fear of reaching out, make proper introductions, and open opportunity’s door.
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Intro
The New York Times: Good News for Young Strivers; Networking is Overrated
The University of Chicago Press Journals: The Matthew Effect in Science, II
Annual Reviews: Cumulative Advantages as a Mechanism for Inequality: A Review of Theoretical and Empirical Developments
Lesson 1
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives -- How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do by James H. Fowler & Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD
Wikipedia: Five Whys
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by James Latham
Lesson 2
Nature Communications: "A neural link between generosity and happiness"
Greater Good Magazine: "The Activism Cure"
SAGE journals: "A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Emotional Deception Detection Within New Same-Sex Friendships"
Harvard Business Review: "Beat Generosity Burnout"
Forbes: "Pay It Forward with the Five-Minute Favor"
Give and Take by Adam Grant
Influence Without Authority (2nd Edition) by Allan R. Cohen & David L. Bradford
Lesson 3
Phys Org: “Physicists investigate ‘best friends forever’”
LinkedIn: “Downloading Your Account Data”
Your Network Is Your Net Worth by Porter Gale
The Career Manifesto by Mike Steib
Lesson 4
HBR article by Dorie Clark: "Start Networking with People Outside Your Industry"
Stanford University article by Mark S. Granovetter: “The Strength of Weak Ties”
HBR an article by Brian Uzzi & Shannon Dunlap: "How to Build Your Network"
The Medici Effect, With a New Preface and Discussion Guide: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation by Frans Johansson
Lesson 5
NCBI an article by Bhattacharya, Ghosh, Monsivais, Dunbar, & Kaski: "Sex differences in social focus across the life cycle in humans"
SSRN an article by Levin, Walter, & Murnighan: "Dormant Ties: The Value of Reconnecting"
HBR article by Jodi Glickman: “How to Reach Out After Losing Touch”
fs article: ”The Narrative Fallacy and What You Can Do About It”
Barking Up The Wrong Tree by Eric Barker
Lesson 6
Forbes article by Michael Simmons "The Surprising Science Behind How Super Connectors Scale Their Networks"
Barking Up The Wrong Tree by Eric Barker
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives -- How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do by James H. Fowler & Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD
Lesson 7
Psychology Today article by Scott Barry Kaufman: “Want People to Know Your True Self? Show Your Best Self!”
Self Compassion article: “Self-kindness when facing stress: The role of self-compassion, goal regulation, and support in college students’ well-being”
Wikipedia: Practice (learning method)
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams
Lesson 8
Columbia article by Ingram & Morris: “Do People Mix at Mixers? Structure, Homophily, and the “Life of the Party”
Science Direct article by Koudenburg, Postmes, & Gordijn: “Disrupting the flow: How brief silences in group conversations affect social needs”
Sage Journals article by Greenaway, Wright, Willingham, et al.: “Shared Identity Is Key to Effective Communication”
University of Groningen article by Koudenburg, Namkje; Postmes, Tom; Gordijn, Ernestine: “Beyond Content of Conversation”
Harvard Business School article by Carmen Nobel: “Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty”
Open Source article by Rebecca Fernandez: “Six ways to build a solid community”
Open Source article by Chris Grams: “Are you building a community or a club?”
Lesson 9
Research Gate article by Pfeffer, Fong, Cialdini, & Portnoy: “Overcoming the Self-Promotion Dilemma: Interpersonal Attraction and Extra Help as a Consequence of Who Sings One’s Praises”
Research Gate article by Pfeffer, Fong, Cialdini, and Portnoy: “Consequence of Who Sings One's Praises”
Boomerang article by Alex Moore: “7 Tips for Getting More Responses to Your Emails (with Data)!”
Lesson 10
The Harvard Gazette article by Chuck Leddy: “The power of ‘thanks’”
Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone by Mark Goulston M.D.