Bridger Pennington explains how to make events worth your time: know the community and organizers beforehand, figure out what type of people you want to meet, and show up with a specific goal. Clear intent turns an event from wasted hours into actual connections.
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I see you at every event I ever go to. She's a carnivore. She's a carnivore? I know you go to a lot of events. How do you discern if I should go to this event, go to not go to it? That's a great question. You know, you kind of get to know the community and you know who puts on a good event, who doesn't put on a good event. When you look at events, you kind of, you want to consider what type of people do I want to see and meet and what do I want to accomplish today? I think if you just show up and say, well, I'm just going to go, that's a lot less productive than thinking, here's what I'm trying to do today. And the type of people I'm trying to meet, or here's my goals and how can I— how can that serve me? I love what you said, a clear intent. Yeah, you have to have a clear intent. You got to have a clear intent. If you come to something with a clear intent, generally speaking, you get that intent.