Yes, I get that you want to advance in your career. I'm inviting you to look a little more deeply.
What quality or condition -- what value -- would you really
have if you had lots of contacts in your rolodex and you were effectively "working" them? What is your real desire here?
The powerful thing about identifying what you really want is that you don't have to wait. You can start generating it right now, and be the Source of what you want for yourself and for others.
In my previous work incarnation, I got calls every single day from guys who were clearly just working their rolodex. It felt very much like they were trying to *get* something -- like I or my boss was a means to their ends. That's not very inspiring. Those guys did not succeed in making real connection. But often there would be people who called and actually generated something -- not necessarily immediate profit, sometimes just relatedness, or fun, or intrigue, or tickets, or an invitation to a party, or .... you get the picture. These are the kind of people that would end up in partnership, even if just a small partnership like the kind I think you're looking for. People who are on your team.
When you identify what you want and what you're willing to be the source of, you are a hot ticket in the business world, baby, whatever kind of Vert you may be.
