A speaker shares the mistake people make when approaching influential people at events: acting like a fan instead of offering value. The key is showing up with something useful to give, not just asking for something.
What do most people do when they see someone? Like, bedrooms Coolian, Alex Becker, Sam Ovens, right? They ask him for a picture. Dude. Sam. Dude, man. Do you mind if I get a picture? Dude. Okay, cool. Thanks, dude. All right, man. See ya. They take from them, they take from them, they take from them, they take from them. You immediately box yourself as a fan. And that's what most people do. And they always try to ask them for advice. And yes, you can ask them for advice, but what I've learned works better than that is, number one, like, you gotta be good at what you do. If you're not good at what you do, raise your hand if you want to become the best at what you do. Raise your hand if you are gonna become the best at what you do. Everybody in the right, if you have that conviction, then you show up differently. When you meet someone like Beatrice Coolian, you don't go up to him like a fan. You go up to him like someone who has value to offer him, right? And so in this, when you go up to somebody at a Mastermind to get in the room with them, you act like you're already friends. You act like you're on the same level as them. You have to believe it yourself. You have to be convicted. And then more importantly, you want to compliment them in their work, all right?
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