Why You Should Network Like Goldilocks

Help Wanted

Money News Network

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 441 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Believe it or not, it is possible to oversell yourself when networking. Jason calls it "story inflation"— and you don't want to do it. But at the same time, you don't want to deflate yourself either. You want to represent yourself Goldilocks style: in a way that's juuuuust right. Nicole and Jason share their do's and don'ts that will help you nail your next intro.

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2:04.8	I'm Jason Pfeiffer, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine.
2:07.4	And I'm New York Times bestselling author and money expert, Nicole Lapin.
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