Tom KrieglsteinFounder, Global Keynote Speaker, Swift Kick Leadership · Founder and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker at Swift Kick Leadership

The Secret to Unlocking Success: Building Strong Relationships With Teachers #Shorts

Name: The Secret to Unlocking Success: Building Strong Relationships With Teachers #Shorts
Uploaded: 2023-07-17T11:07:53+00:00
Duration: 47 s
Channel: Tom Krieglstein
Description: In this concise motivational short, Tom Krieglstein urges students to actively cultivate relationships with faculty, staff, and administration beyond the…

17 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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In this concise motivational short, Tom Krieglstein urges students to actively cultivate relationships with faculty, staff, and administration beyond the classroom. He illustrates the impact with a story of a student who spent just two minutes talking to a teacher and uncovered three career‑boosting insights: hidden scholarship funds, internship opportunities, and targeted test‑preparation tips. Krieglstein frames these connections as a strategic advantage, coining the mantra “proximity is power” and equating a strong network with increased net worth, emphasizing that more friends in the academic community translate to more opportunities and fun.

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The stronger our relationships are with faculty, staff and administration outside the classroom, the more opportunities come our way. While every other student rushed out of class to go home or go to lunch or go to the next class, he took two minutes to talk to the teacher. And in those two minutes, he found out three critical things to help him with his career. Number one, he found out where the scholarships were in case there was extra money that hadn't been given out yet. Number two, he found out where the internships were. And number three, the teacher would actually tell him, hey, out of everything we talked about today, here are the four things you really should pay attention to, AKA they will be on the test. Proximity is power. To build those relationships with faculty, staff, administration says more friends equals more fun. Another way to say this is that your network equals your net worth.