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Originally Posted by NotesMaeve Okay. I don't buy it's that hard. I mean, I've got a reputation and a past. Big difference? I am not ashamed. If someone says, "I know what she did when she was 18 and I don't want anything to do with her," I don't really have any interest in being around those kinds of people. And most people aren't like that. |
Okay, actually his "scandal" occured while he was at the peak of his career
and was career-related. He also had a big name, worldwide, but the same popularity that had been so beneficial to him turned against him.
Those are circumstances under which - especially in the business world - individuals realize who care for them without expecting nothing in return, and those who help just because they expect future commercial partnerships, good business relations and - sometimes - a job promotion.
There might be a difference in the ways people network, and I'm sure that there are plenty of other people who - like myself and yourself - communicate out of pure interest towards others, while the "networks" that materialize are mere side effects of our actions.
but the above experience may serve as a "moral anecdote" for those who network without heart; and think there aren't negative side effects as well.
I'm personally a blind altruist. I never expect anything in return when I do a favor; and as humanist and optimist as I am, I'm also aware that there are still people around who will take all help and mentorship with an honest and grateful face, and later do pretty unkind things behind your back.
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Originally Posted by NotesMaeve I don't strive, baby. I'm an introvert, but I know what's going on and how to get along. And that is the greatest secret of them all. |
Oh, really?
Having read most of what you have written - I don't know whether you will take this positively or negatively - you're actually an extrovert.
Maybe you don't
express your extroversion in the conventional "social situations", for whatever reason, but it is definitely part of you (or has grown to become part of you).
Good luck in whatever you will do or intend to do