I previously blogged about the benefits and habit of networking where numerous opportunities could easily find our way. Though, the more important question of networking is not what others can do for us, but what we can do for others. It may just be simple acts of introducing and orchestrating a meet up between 2 people we know, or sharing our experiences and knowledge. Yet, it builds good will for others to want to stay connected and that's what networking is all about.
As the habit continues, we discover more and more, how we could easily do something for someone else. Though, getting involved in different people's lives can of course, be complicated. When does sharing more of our knowledge become a boring and arrogant lecture to someone else? Would we be thought of as doing too little or too much? Yet, we just need to have faith that the other will finally see the labor of love showered. In time, the good will will blossom.
A friend was looking for an electrician. I knew another good friend of mine who could do the job, but as he is a Japanese, he is more conservative in meeting new people and tackling a job with unclear requirements. Yet, he has always wanted to meet new people. So I introduced them. Could be interesting how this turns out later.
All I know is I DO the little I can for others with hopes of generating good will. In the process, I learn new things such as installing a 200 Volt aircond can be a daunting task. Yet, not to an electrician and its where different people in your network views different task differently and can lend you support in such needy moments.
(Photos show the Wadakura Park close to the Imperial Palace, a fountain park refurbished to celebrate the wedding of the Crown Prince and Princess, such as how its initial construction in 1961 was to commemorate the royal wedding of the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Also showing the lake surrounding the Imperial Palace, a welcome green sight in the center of metropolitan Tokyo).
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