Idea 20: Share what you know
If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.
Seneca, Letters to Lucilius
Share what you know with others in your field, and share it generously. The law of reciprocity that I mentioned in Idea 18 will indeed work for you over time in this area as in all others: the more you give the more you will receive. But it will work for you only indirectly over quite long periods of time and often in unexpected ways.
If you do share what you know you will find yourself in an informal network. The best networks are like friendships. They link together those who share a common passion, those who exchange ...
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