CHALLENGE 5: BUY TWO LUNCHES PER WEEK FOR PEOPLE YOU DON’T YET KNOW
Take two new people out to lunch each week and pick up the bill.
I was told that I needed to build a good network of people around me who weren’t customers, clients or old friends. To help with this, I had to select two new people a week to take out for lunch … at my expense. This was tough in the beginning, but wonderful later on.
Initially, I couldn’t think of anyone who would want to go to lunch with me, who I would be willing to pay for. I was stalemated by my lack of confidence and my lack of money.
But I had to come up with two per week, so I just started asking people who I would never have thought would join me for lunch. Business owners, investors, accountants and ...
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