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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Networking Within the Learning Zone

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, I share insights for introverts striving to overcome their fears and venture into networking spaces like VIP dinners and influential gatherings. The journey from the comfort zone to the learning zone is fraught with fear, yet understanding and addressing our reactions to this fear can transform it into a powerful tool for growth. I discuss how staying in the learning zone expands our capabilities, whereas dwelling in anxiety can constrict our potential. Through stories and strategies, I reveal how to quickly return to center, fostering ease in social situations, and emphasize the importance of mutual value in all interactions, irrespective of status or wealth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success.

0:12.0

What advice do you have to someone who's super introverted?

0:14.8

And they see us at events like this,

0:16.2

and they see us at like the VIP dinners.

0:18.5

But they know they need to get in those rooms,

0:21.0

but they're just stuck.

0:22.1

They feel like they won't fit in they

0:23.8

just can't get past that point of just being stuck in their introversion how can

0:27.8

they kind of get past that get to where they need to go? Yeah well number, you can't make someone feel well, like you have to help someone get into what's called the learning zone.

0:40.0

So the first step is take away what the actual learning zone is like how to get someone I have people who pay me and still tell me I didn't want to bother you

0:50.3

I start out when you know I have a hundred one-on-one clients I have a huge wait list and they get off the

0:55.9

wait list and the first thing I tell them is the difference of my program is I'm on

1:00.0

call seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

1:03.2

I will get back to you.

1:04.4

I'm a sideline coach, not just a one-time,

1:07.1

here's the play go run it coach.

1:09.5

And the time goes by, I'm like, why don't you call me. Well, I didn't want to bother you.

1:15.0

So you can't teach people to be in the learning zone in a specific thing.

1:22.0

So I can't teach you to network right so what I need to do is

1:26.3

understand your reaction to fear I need to learn your reaction to fear because that's all it is.

1:35.0

Is when we go from the comfort zone into a learning zone

1:39.5

that if we don't practice and understand the reaction to fear,

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