Are You Referral Ready?

To become Referral Ready, the single most important concept to master is the ‘give first’ mentality. You either believe that the way to become successful is by helping other people become successful, or you don’t. If you do, there are no limits for what you can achieve through networking.

If you don’t, then you must be planning to be successful all by yourself. Good luck. We all need help somewhere along the way. Do you really expect to make withdrawals from the bank of humanity without having made any deposits along the way?

I’ll bet it wouldn’t take very much time at all for you to play ‘give first’ right now with an influential person in your network. Just a phone call for no reason, or an e-mail with a link to an interesting article or blog post, or a greeting card with just the right sentiment…not because it is almost Christmas, but because the spirit of giving, and expecting nothing in return, is the fuel that makes it all work.

If afterward you don’t feel 100 times better about yourself, the ‘give first’ mentality might not suit you at this time.

If you do feel better, you have connected with the mechanism that makes Referral Ready possible and the real reason we network with others in the first place–to serve more people.

That is why you network…right?

John Suarez

Chief Education Officer

Referral Ready LLC