Don’t network.
do this instead to stand out.
By mark maxwell
College freshmen are lectured about
it on their first day of class. Young
professionals race to one more boring
party so they can be seen and shake
hands with someone that might be able
to help them - just like the business
books and podcasts have instructed.
Young musicians are chronically
obsessed and depressed with their
number of likes, views and followers
on their social media.
Today, for almost any definition of
success we might identify, there is one
common path to achieve it that is being
shoved down our throats – networking,
or cultivating relationships that can
help us advance or move to a higher
position.
There are serious problems with this
single path to success.
6 • Solutions
First, networking kills authentic
relationships. My students at Belmont
University where I teach will say: “I hate
the idea of trying to meet people for
the sole purpose of personal gain, but
I’ve reluctantly believed that it’s the
only way to “make” a career happen.” It
shouldn’t have to be that way.
A Harvard study has proven that
professional networking actually
makes people feel dirty or morally
impure. And networking contradicts
the nature of God within us. His identity
is centered on love - giving generously
and sacrificially - not taking and using
“
There is no dream job, but
serving can create purpose
and contentment that can
make the most difficult job
feel like a dream.