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1、自我投资：社会关系和人际网络24ENEditor'sNote：Recently,Idiscussedthevalueofinvestinginyourself-puttingtimeandmoneyintoimprovingyou,notbuildingassets.Today,we’lllookatoneareaofinvestinginyourselfaspartofanongoingseriesonthetopic,spreadoutonceperweekdayovertwoweeks.Ifyou
2、’dliketoreviewalltheentries,lookattheinvestinginyourselfsubcategory.I’maratherintrovertedperson.WhenI’minagroupofpeople,mygutinstinctistoclamup,bequiet,andsinkintothewoodwork(unless,ofcourse,I’mverycomfortablewithmostofthegroup).Ittakesgenuineeffortforme
3、tospeakupinagroupsituation,andformuchofmyadultlifeIsimplywouldn’tdoit.I’djustsitthere,waitingforsomeoneelsetotalkandquiteoftennotengagingatall.Thisantisocialstreakwashinderingme,andIknewit.Alargegroupoffriendsandassociatesareincrediblyvaluabletohave-they
4、canprovidesupporttoyouincountlesswaysandyoucanprovidesupportbacktothemaswell.Bysittingtherelikeabumponalog,notonlywasInotactivelyworkingtowardsbuildingfriendshipsandrelationships,Iwasactuallysendingoffanegativevibetopeople. Thereweretwobooksthatreallytur
5、nedthingsaroundforme:DaleCarnegie’sHowtoWinFriendsandInfluencePeopleandKeithFerrazzi’sNeverEatAlone.Thesebooksactuallyhavealotincommon-theybothfocusonhowexactlytoeffectivelyinteractwithotherpeople.Carnegie’sbookfocusesontheactualinteractionsthemselves-ho
6、wdoyouactuallystepupandconversewithsomeone?Ferrazzi’sbookcontinuesthatthought-howdoyoubuildaconversationintoarelationshipthathasvalue?They’rebothfilledwithveryspecifictipsthatyoucanstartapplyingrightoffthebat.Withthatinformationinhand,Ihadagoodideaofwhat
7、todo-Ijustneededtogetstarteddoingit.Herearesomedirectactionsyoucantaketostartinvestinginbuildinganetworkoffriendsandacquaintancesthatactuallyhavevalue,bothtoyouandtothepersonyou’reconnectedto.Engageinactivitiesthatenablealotofinteractionswithalotofpeople
8、.Thefirststepistosimplymeetpeoplewhoseinterestsoverlapwithyourown.Sure,youmayknowpeoplethroughwork,butthat’sonlythetipoftheiceberg-therearemany,manypeopleouttheretomeet,toknow,andtodevelopfriendshipsandrelationshipswith.He
