An introvert explains why networking feels exhausting but matters anyway. Showing up consistently and actually talking to people leads to unexpected opportunities, while staying quiet and taking notes means missing them.
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But the problem is, is most of us again just sit here, go through the motions, right? And listen, I get it. It is hard to network. It is hard to put yourself out there. I'm an introvert, right? This is exhausting to me, right? Shaking everyone's hand is exhausting. I'm tired, right? I wanna go to bed, right? That's it. And so, but the fact of the matter is, is I consistently show up and put myself out there, and amazing things have come and happened to me. And the problem is, is that most of us are just very comfortable sitting here, Not talking to anybody, taking some notes of what we're learning, and then leaving. And then we wonder why opportunities don't happen.