A 5-minute chat with a guy at a coffee shop in Austin changed how I see networking events

He said most people show up just to collect cards instead of actually listening... and I realized he was right about half my own meetups last year. Has anyone else shifted from working the room to just having real conversations?

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morgan51229d ago

And the funny thing is, the real connections happen when you stop trying to make them happen. I started ditching the name tag and just asking people what they're actually working on. Feels way less like a sales floor and more like, you know, actual human interaction.

hollyramirez29d ago

37 business cards in my pocket from last month alone. Half of them don't even have a face attached to the name in my head. Finally figured out I'm just better off grabbing coffee with two people I actually like talking to.