#Networking #NetWorth #Success
Hey everyone! 🌟 Let’s dive into a question that’s been on my mind lately: Is your network really your net worth? 🤔 I want to believe that success isn’t solely dependent on who you know, but on what you bring to the table. Can we make it big without a vast network of big shots backing us up? 🚀
Here are some thoughts on how you can boost your net worth without relying solely on your network:
– Focus on honing your skills and expertise 💪
– Build a strong personal brand and online presence 🌐
– Seek out mentorship and guidance from industry leaders 🌟
– Attend networking events and connect with like-minded individuals 👥
– Always be open to learning and growing 🌱
What do you think? Share your thoughts and strategies in the comments below! Let’s uplift and empower each other on our journey to success. 💼💡 #SuccessTips #PersonalGrowth
Yes, becoming successful without having a network is possible but it will take more time and waste your resources too. It’s like running a company by your own with no employee. ( Which is very hard).
Having a network will help you and give you a boost and guidance which will help you achieve things faster with less mistakes , and more learning.
First generation college student with no guidance, it took a lot of pain and sacrifice, but I secured my first corporate job without the help of anyone but myself.
I have had plenty of jobs without knowing people. Having a good network can absolutely help though and it should be something you should strive for if you don’t have it. By making good impressions and connections at your workplace when you do actually land a job you like .
Yes I’ve seen people very average academically and in all the schooling aspects massively overtake those who excelled, just from their ability to make connections and friends. Hard work, brain power…none of it matters to be honest. Promotions and success go to the popular cool kids in life haha.
No.. it helps, but you don’t 100% need an established network
If anything it diminishes your efforts if you put your success down to who you know rather than your own hard work and talent
Network value is not measured by the income or “bigness” of the people in it.
My network includes people who know my work and will vouch for it. Some of them weren’t “big shots” when I met them but I’d consider them well-placed now. Others are just regular independent contributors like me.
People gravitate toward influential people or those that appear successful. But the real value of a network comes from mutually beneficial relationship with people who know you and your work.
There is a such thing as building a network. Don’t go with the assumption that this ready-made network needs to ore-exist. Go create it.
It’s very possible. Your network doesn’t start at the top from day one. You need to network at every level, and understand that the guy who just started in the business today and looks “worthless” from a networking standpoint now could be a CEO in ten years time. You don’t know how many big shots you actually know until way down the line, so network like crazy from day one. Get to know as many people as possible, prove your worth to them, and play the odds that some will end up in a position to help you later.
I hate to say it because I hate the term networking, but it is absolutely massive. You need people to be able to say “oh yeah Rusty Scrotum would be a great fit for that promotion” (which happened to me a few months ago, got me over a 25% raise). You need to advocate for yourself though, because I originally brought up the open role and someone in my network thought it was perfect and vouched for me.
I moved to a different country from the USA a few years ago. I knew no one, no godfather, no reference nothing. All I had with me is my education, my experience and my skills and my confidence. I work in a huge renewable energy firm and have my worked way up only based on what I know and what I can do than who I know and what they can do for me. My self worth is my net worth and I know I can do the same in any other country.
It’s possible but depended on what you have in you and how you carry yourself.
This could not be more true in London. Some of my friends are connected to powerful and wealthy people. They have a lot of privileges that come with that, like walking in to jobs any time they want.
To be fair, most of them do recognise the lucky position that they are in.
It’s not that you won’t make it if you don’t have that network but boy do you have to want it so much more.
It’s possible, but having a strong network definitely helps accelerate your progress.
Yes. But you can build a network.
Literally nothing else is important.
The rich people that I know are definitely connected.
I work in clinical research and got my foot in the door through my own hard work and worked my way up at the company through hard work, but none of that helped me make much more money. I used that experience to get a job on my own with no connections in another state when I moved for my husband’s job. It ended up being a lateral move, no extra money. My last move without any connections was after my MBA when I moved into a project management role within clinical research at another company. I think I got an 8k raise on that move. The next two moves I made in my career were 100% through my built network over my career. Each was a substantial raise. Without my network, I’d likely still be working for much less money.
No. But also, no.
You can’t make it big any other way. The more rigged everything becomes. The more true this is.
Because they are not rigging things to uplift anyone. They are rigging the system to hold everyone down.
Absolutely, it’s possible! While a strong network can help, hard work, persistence, and smart strategies can also lead to success. Have you had any experiences where your skills or determination made a big impact?
You can start off without knowing any big shots, but you should broaden your network in university, while working, even drunk friends can get you somewhere in the future. Dont get the I do it myself guy. The ability to understand who got which skills, what can you give them beforehand without asking a favor and to know how to get them to help you later is key. Sounds manipulativ, but it is not if you can offer a lot yourself.
I’m really hoping it’s not either, but deep down, it’s probably true. Ugh.
Fortunately, I haven’t had to network to get jobs thus far, and I believe most of that was a combination of mentioning niche skills on the resume and companies needing people really badly (a ton of people recently quitting). But this was back in 2022 where things didn’t seem as competitive as they are now.
And now, it seems that you have to be best friends with the hiring manager along with being marginally qualified to get a job! Even getting a referral just isn’t enough anymore!
I hate this stuff so much!
Yes. no one is successful alone. That’s why the concept of being “self made” is a myth. between investors, business relationships, and loyal customers everyone has to have help along the way.
Yeah it’s just a lot harder? But you don’t need to just net work with big people, going to a good school and networking with other students can also be good networking, who knows if you ever end up finding someone you wanna start a business with that you met in college or something, or if you meet someone in college who has a dad who happens to work in the same industry your looking to get into. Networking isn’t just knowing rich successful people. But also to answer your initial question it’s still possible to get good money without networking it’s just a bit harder and you need to excel in the field to help make up for your lack of connections.
No
Yes, when you see people on here saying “I sent 1000 resumes and not one call!” is because the way you get jobs has changed.
A$$hole filters are in full effect and I LOVE it!
Yes. I got half of my jobs without knowing a single person in the organization or even someone who knew someone in the company.
I think it’s been largely deemphasized in society but it’s important to remember your net worth is not limited to your job title and your salary.
Money makes life easier, but what you create, who you love, who you help without expecting anything in return, and what you learn and give back are all part of your true net worth.
All these folks who never hear back after sending hundreds of resumes, listen up, those jobs are going to someone who knows somebody.
Look I’m an introvert too, so I’m not crazy about this, but getting high with people you know isn’t gonna play out the same as knowing people in high places.