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Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is to be in the business of creating small miracles for people in your network.

It's a great way to keep your network strong and to use your influence for good.

Today's tip, like another one this week, comes from Rachel Rogers' book, We Should All Be Millionaires.

Rogers talks about ways that people from all sorts of backgrounds can create serious wealth.

So we all know that opportunities come to people who are well-networked.

Most people also know a fair number of people,

just by working at various places over the years, or meeting people casually or whatever.

But unfortunately, the reality is that these networks tend not to be automatically strong.

We meet people, and then we all forget about each other.

So if you are looking to up your networking game, Rogers recommends reconnecting with the community

you already have. Now, of course, this might be easier said than done. As Rogers says, we have

every excuse not to invest in our non-familiar relationships. We are busy. We are tired.

We are Netflixing. However, she says, if you want to have meaningful relationships to call on in both good times and bad,

you are going to have to reconnect and recommit to building those relationships.

And it doesn't need to take all your time.

Rogers notes that a great way to reconnect with old friends and

colleagues is to communicate, as the saying goes to get a friend, be a friend. Rather than just

reaching out to say, hey, thinking of you, reach out to say, I mentioned you on my podcast. I nominated you for an award. I refer to a client

to you. Hope that's cool. I popped something into the mail for you. Rogers says, be generous,

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