In this five‑minute episode of Five Minutes of Momentum, Christine Corcoran shares a concise, action‑oriented framework for building a network of high‑value contacts. She identifies two mental blocks—imposter syndrome and the habit of putting successful people on pedestals—that keep entrepreneurs from reaching out. Her solution is to humanize prospects, approach them with a service‑first mindset, and consistently add value through simple, low‑effort actions such as leaving reviews, commenting on content, sharing posts, and offering introductions. By treating networking as a two‑way, long‑term relationship rather than a transactional ask, she argues that opportunities (podcast invites, collaborations, client work) will emerge organically. The episode blends motivational encouragement with concrete outreach tactics, urging listeners to shift from “what can I get?” to “how can I serve?” in order to expand their network sustainably.
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Welcome to five minutes of Momentum. These episodes are a short five minute burst of inspiration, motivation and massive action. If you need that little kick up the butt to get things moving and to inspire you to take massive action, then every single Thursday, I'll be sending you through a five minute episode to download, digest and implement to finish your week off strong. Are you ready to get started? Let's go. Do you want to know my secret to connecting and expanding my network with high value people? I'm going to share it with you. So welcome back to the podcast. Building my network has been an absolute game changer. From investing in masterminds, going to events, meeting new people, connecting with people online, my network has expanded massively in the last year and it has been very intentional. And when I think about this, I teach this with my programs as well because it's been such a game changer for me that I want to actually share this with everyone else. And, and so I'm going to share it with you today. One of the biggest things that prevents you from expanding your network is your imposter syndrome and your pedestaling. If you are putting people on pedestals so you're looking up to people and being like, oh my God, they're so good, they're amazing. I'm not as good as them. Who am I to think that I could reach out to them? We're getting stuck in the imposter syndrome and we're not making the connection. So one of my biggest things that I've reminded myself to do consistently this year is when I've met people in is I've learned to connect with them on a human level and not pedestal them. So I'm not putting them on pedestals. Even though I know the level of success, even I know, I know they're much further along in business than I am, even though I, you know, there's so much that I may know about them depending on what they share online, but it's not everything. It's not everything. And I think that if I put people on pedestals and I see other people do this and it prevents them from reaching out. And I encourage a client of mine to actually reach out to someone to join, to welcome her onto the, to invite her onto the podcast. And she was like, oh, do you think I could do that? And I was like, 100%. Let's create a really personalized, beautiful outreach and speak to what's important to you and why you would want to invite her onto the podcast and what you love about what she does and what she's already doing and the conversation that you really want to have with her, like, speak to the human, not to the brand. And I think that's one of the things that's been such a big game changer for me because I've been able to connect with people on a beautiful level and then develop the relationships from there. So work through the imposter syndrome. Don't put people on pedestals, humanize them as much as possible, and always reach out and serve. We want to pour into our network, not draw from the network. So what I mean by that is that if you're only reaching out to get something, people will feel that energy and will run a mile. People at that certain levels are already getting pitched to 50 million times. They're already being asked to. They're being pulled in so many different directions. So if you can think about, like, how can I serve them? What's going to serve them? How can I help them? And often what happens is we go straight into imposter syndrome and they go, well, I've got nothing I can help them with. Like, who am I to think that I can help them with? But sometimes it's as simple as asking, right, what do you need help with right now? Who do you need to be connected with right now? What are you working on right now? How can I serve you? Because sometimes it's as simple as leaving a podcast review, right? Like, simple as that. It could be sharing out a program that they're promoting. It could be sharing at an event that they have. It could be, don't just literally commenting on their stuff, like, so often. We just go straight into, like, what can I get from this? Instead of actually, like, how can I develop the relationship? Because you may not even have anything to ask of them just yet, but down the track you may. And so it might actually be really beneficial. But at the end of the day, like, when I've thought about this and the reason why I've been focusing on this this year is, yes, like, intentionally, I have some things coming out that I would love, support with, but I'm going to go and support the people that have supported me, right? And so it serves in so many ways. So if there's someone out there that's creating amazing content that you freaking love, comment on their stuff. If you are listening to people's podcasts and you've gotten value from it, leave them a review. Do share it on your stories. Do something that shows your gratitude because so many of us are out there doing the work and People are listening to it and they're gaining value from it, but they're not putting themselves on the radar. And one of the things that's been really fascinating to me is that when I've done this intentionally with people, like, I want to make a connection with them. I either want to be friends with them, or I just want to be associated with them, or I just want to have that relationship that at some point down the track, I may want to invite them on the podcast, or I may want to invite them to come and speak at an event or something. Who knows? You just don't know what could happen in the future. And if you've got that incredible network and can really help support and expand your business. The thing is, I don't want to be asking from a place of what can I take from you? I want it to be a beneficial thing for them as well. Like, I want it to be that they actually do want to share from an authentic place. And so I think one of the things with online business is that we feel like there's a separation and we feel like we put people on pedestals and we just think that we're less than. Like, there's just so much that goes into it. And I think that if you just come back to, how can I connect with this person on a human level? How can I serve them? How can I, you know, show them my love? Because these people are actually out there doing incredible things, and there's so much opportunity for you to be on their radar because you just never know. You just never know. They may need your services at some point. They may would like. They may want to actually invite you to be a guest on their podcast or a guest on. In their group program. Like, you just never know. And I think that if you allow yourself to expand your network can be really beneficial in the long run. So that's my secret for expanding my network. Don't put people on pedestals. Work through the imposter syndrome and serve. Just serve them, make the connection, be on their radar, comment on their staff, send them dms, like, build the relationship, because you just never know where it's going to take you.
