DON’T BE SHY

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I have to admit my first instinct was to go hide in a corner where no one could see me. The social media club meeting had just ended and I was looking for some help with a computer problem.

I looked around the room to see if there was anyone who could answer my question. I spotted a friend who knows about technology and so I asked him what to do.

Unfortunately he had no idea how to fix my problem.  So what did he do? He turned around and shouted out a description of my problem to everyone in the room. The room went quiet for a second, and then someone came over and made some very good suggestions.

I was aghast that someone would yell out my problem to a large group of people. I sure wouldn’t have done that myself. However, after thinking about it, my issue was solved because my friend was not shy. That was a great learning experience.

Then when I left the meeting, a woman, who I didn’t know, approached me and yelled out, “David! David!”

I stopped in my tracks. She introduced herself and described several creative projects she was developing.

She turned out to be a very interesting person and I really liked her.  In fact, I expect we will find some way to help one another one day.

None of these good things would have happened if these individuals had been shy.  They knew what they wanted and went after it.

This is David Sher your e-Networking guy, saying it’s not what you know, but whOO you know.