The other day I got a note from my friend Bob Burg (www.burg.com) letting me know I’d been quoted in Steve Goodier’s inspirational ezine (www.lifesupportsystem.com). I’m used to Bob taking the time to let me know of things like that, or dropping an e-mail of appreciation for little things that which might have otherwise gone unnoticed by most people (myself included in some cases).
However, this time it set me on the path of thinking just how powerful what he’d done is. Perhaps more importantly how we might all take a lesson from him and be all the better for it.
Let me recount the event and I think you’ll see where I am coming from. Bob sent the e-mail simply to let me know (and as a way to say, congratulations), which I of course appreciated. I sent an e-mail to Steve to thank him for quoting me. Steve wrote back and from our meeting he’s agreed to have some of his articles appear in my newsletter.
So just right there you have a win, win situation. Here’s where it gets interesting though. Bob has greatly strengthened his relationship with both me and Steve just from that one little e-mail.
Here’s another interesting way of looking at this. The next time I have a lead or believe someone would be a good match for Bob, you can bet I’m not going to think twice about dropping him a message about it.
The incredible thing is that he’s cultivating powerful relationships, both business and personal with people just like me all the time. This is a lesson we can all take to heart. And it’s not something that is going to an inordinate amount of effort on our part to put into action. It will however take constantly being on the lookout for ways to add new value to your relationships.
In the process you’ll strengthen your personal network of people, which in turn creates vast opportunities.
Written by Josh Hinds, founder of http://GetMotivation.com
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