He'd always been great at building relationships with the right people.

But, could he really make money from teaching the skill?

In today's story, a former White House aide from the Clinton administration becomes a lawyer,

then uses his skills from both roles to reinvent himself with a blog, a series of webinars,

and now a focus on LinkedIn.

I sometimes mention how if you pay attention in life, one opportunity can lead to another,

sometimes even a remarkable set of career changes.

Well, in the side of the world, this is true as well, and it can also connect the dots

from one strategy to another.

Because what works for a time won't always work.

Strategies and tactics are always changing.

That's why it's important to stay fresh, not just focus on what is relevant now,

but perhaps what might be relevant in the future.

Now, same more about that at the end of the story.

Welcome to Side Usal School.

My name is Chris Gillibot.

Here's a shout out to our sponsor, and then on with the show.

When John Corcoran was 22 years old, he was an English major at a party school,

and not sure what he was going to do with his life.

But just a year later, thanks to strategic networking, he was writing

President Clinton's words at the White House.

From there, he landed a job as the main speech writer for the then governor of California.

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