Be Indispensable by building relationships and trust

[…] Relationships are about helping!

[…] Tell me how I can help you!

1. Attend high quality events – Be invaluable to high quality people at such events
2. Invest in a community – by investing in communities, you will get access to other players and opportunities
3. Be a resource bank – become a go-to person for just about any kind of support
4. Engage thoughtfully – engage with high quality people in a way that they will respond to.

[…] What do you like to do when you are not working?

1. Connect – Seek to understand
2. Engage – Seek to know the person
3. Elaborate – Look for ways to help

1. Stop thinking about results!
2. Always think about asking questions to the people you meet
3. Understand we all are special

Building a relationship is a process of continuous positive experiences over time:

1. Acquitance – be friendly and above all genuine; it helps if you remember some defining comment 
2. Connection – both parties realize they are no longer total strangers
3. Mutuality of Purpose – let each other know how they can help each other;  be a pleasant and polite individual
4. Relationship – Consistency is the touchstone leading people to feel comfortable around us
5. Maintenance – nurture, sustain and stay in touch

[…] Everyone makes a living by selling something – Robert Louis Stevenson

[…] What do you need help with?

[…] I only want people around me who can DO  the IMPOSSIBLE – Elizabeth Arden

See also:

• Today is the Day
• Client Vendor Relationships
• Be irresistible
• Enchantment
• Building quality long lasting relationships by Don
• Keys building quality relationships by Tony
• Open the High Payoff Relationship Flood Gates by Melanie
• Build Better Relationships with the Media by Drew
• Transactional analysis in human interactions by Qualia
• What does it take to be trusted by Jay
• How to Build Trust by Geoff
• Skilled entrepreneurs bring ideas and money together by building a bridge of trust
• Where does trust come from by Seth
• Building Trust and Credibility by Brian