Daniel Rosen, an introvert who runs a networking organization, shares the Bond Method: prepare 2-3 opening statements built on common interests so you can start conversations confidently. The rest flows naturally once you get past the opening.
What can introverts do when being a social butterfly goes against their nature? When I tell you this, I know people think I'm lying. I've been doing this for 13 years. I'm an introvert by nature and I own a networking organization. What I'm telling you is the bond method can give you some confidence because what we teach in master networks is the skill. Every week we practice bond so that when you're with somebody, you really need to like, nail it. You have the skill set down and as an introvert, like, it's your safety net. Bond is like your safety net because you're like, what do I do? What do I say? So we teach people to come up with two or three introductory build on a common interest statements. And then it's like, the rest is natural, the rest will happen. It's just typically people are afraid to start and how do I actually talk to somebody? How do I approach them? So we teach them that as part of the build on a common interest statement.
