#3621: "Networking" Is A Distraction From Consequence

Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure

Dre Baldwin

Business

4.9 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Networking by itself doesn’t mean I’m making progress. If I’m just meeting people, shaking hands, and collecting contacts without a clear outcome, I’m just staying busy, not getting results. Real relevance comes from doing work that actually matters, not just being seen or known. I have to be clear on who I’m connecting with and why, otherwise it’s just a distraction. In this episode, I break down why networking feels productive but often pulls you away from real results. Show Notes: [06:20]#1 People knowing you is not the same as being necessary. [10:36]#2 The matter is determined by outcome, not popularity. [17:09]#3 Networking replaces leverage with motion. [23:35] Recap Next Steps: --- Execution is not a talent. It is a measurable standard. If your results don’t match your ability, you are not lacking information—you are lacking execution reliability. The Execution Reliability Index (ERI) identifies exactly where your discipline breaks, where your standards drop, and where your results are leaking. This is not theory. This is a system. Get your ERI score here: → http://www.WorkOnYourGame.com/ERI This show is the public record of standards. Measurement and enforcement happen elsewhere. All episodes and the complete archive: → WorkOnYourGamePodcast.com

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0:00.0	You already know what to do.
0:02.3	The question is, why aren't you doing it consistently?
0:05.8	ERI, the Execution Reliability Index, quantifies the gap between knowledge and execution.
0:13.0	No guessing, no excuses.
0:15.5	Get your score at workonyourgame.com slash ERI.
0:19.7	That's work on your game.com slash e r i that's work on your game dot com slash e r i people who matter people
0:27.6	who are doing things of consequence they get sought out they need not insert themselves into
0:35.2	the picture day Day all day.
0:39.5	Work on your game.
0:41.8	Work on your game.
0:42.8	Work on your game.
0:46.0	This is Drey Baldwin and Work on your game is the system that turns discipline into dominance.
0:51.9	Today's topic is networking is a distraction from relevance. It's a distraction from
0:59.5	doing things of consequence and substance. It's actually a better way of saying it. Relevance is a
1:05.5	tricky term to use these days. There's a lot of people use it to mean mean you are maybe publicly noted or popular amongst a
1:14.0	certain group of people that's not what I mean when I say relevant when I say relevant I mean you're
1:18.1	doing something of consequence and you are involved in things that actually matter so let's make
1:23.0	sure I'm being clear on the language here so we're all on the same page networking all of you
1:27.2	understand what that is networking is you mixing mingling meeting being clear on the language here, so we're all on the same page. Networking, all of you understand
1:27.6	what that is. Networking is you mixing, mingling, meeting, greeting, seeing, and being seen by other
1:36.1	people in such a way as to build relationships, when friends, influence folks, such that,
1:43.2	hopefully, someday, one day, somebody you have networked
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