James Laughlin breaks down a study of MBA students at a networking event: 95% wanted to meet new contacts but spent over half their time with people they already knew. Growth requires stepping outside your comfort zone to meet strangers, not retreating to familiar tribes.
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A new study of MBA students at an organized networking event found that 95% of them wanted to meet new contacts, but they spent over 50% of time with people they already knew. Isn't that quite contradictory? Almost 100% of them wanted to meet new people, yet they spent over 50% of the time with people they already knew. Why? Why do we do that? Have you caught yourself doing that? Well, yes, it's natural, it's safe to be around people who are in our tribe already. But we don't grow when we stay in our tribe. We grow when we explore, when we go to the outer limits of our territor, outer limits of our comfort zone. That's where we really expand and grow.
