Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty
by Harvey Mackay · first published 1997
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Harvey Mackay, who taught millions of Americans how to "swim with the sharks without getting eaten alive" now dives deep into the art of which he's grandmaster: networking. Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty contains Harvey's gold-chip advice, accumulated over a lifetime of business success, on how to build and maintain the network you need. Harvey guarantees you'll never be more than a phone call away from a person in the position to help you get what you want - whether it's the job opportunity of a lifetime or a lifetime partner, the sales prospect of your dreams or the career advice you'v
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…should keep a pulse of where they move to and what position they hold over the years. This is called "networking" and people have been doing it since long before LinkedIn. If you want to learn how, read Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty by Harvey Mackay.
on “Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not claim on my profile?” ↗There is a book on personal networking that is titled "Dig your well before you're thirsty." It's an interesting saying, to be sure. Paints a good analogy of avoiding desperation from procrastination. But there is also the saying, "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second…
on “Ask HN: How do you build genuine connections while you also badly need a job?” ↗