Why You Should Network Like Goldilocks

Help Wanted

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Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 441 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 22 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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0:00.0	This is Help Launton, the show that tackles all the big work questions you cannot ask anyone else.
0:14.0	I'm Jason Pfeiffer, Editor-in-Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine, and I'm New York Time Specialing
0:17.9	author and money expert, Nicole Lapin.
0:20.5	The helpline is open.
0:22.0	Nicole, I'm going to read you an email that I received and I want you to tell me if
0:29.8	this person sounds impressive.
0:31.8	Okay, I love your emails.
0:33.8	That's what I got.
0:34.8	Okay, so this email arrived in my inbox.
0:37.8	It is from a publicist, and the subject line is the next Elon.
0:43.8	And here is what it says.
0:45.8	Hi Jason, count on one notion in tech that innovation and the leaders behind it will never sit still.
0:52.8	Case in point is this person, I'm not going to out them.
0:55.8	The charismatic CEO and founder of a company, a man who may be the next Elon Musk.
1:02.8	He possesses the brilliance to lead a dedicated team developing cutting-edge technologies combined with business acumen
1:08.8	and a strong risk tolerance to go where others won't.
1:11.8	Nicole, are you compelled to learn more about the next Elon Musk?
1:16.8	This feels like a game show.
1:17.8	Like you went into game show.
1:18.8	I did go into game show mode.
1:20.8	Well, maybe $10,000 is writing on your answer.
1:23.8	Are you excited about this person?
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