Networking, the Tree Theory
By Kaito Dan
I like to call it the Tree Theory, now, remember me saying it doesn’t matter where you’re from? Trees are everywhere, or at least everywhere they should be. So, you have no excuses, and your family wealth background doesn’t matter at all in the theory.
What matters is you expanding your surface of luck so you can be hit by it, and understanding the impact networking has on our lives. Let’s start by dissecting the tree into three parts:
Roots
Trunk
Branches
Roots, they are vital. They give you resources to feed yourself, to stand firm against the wind, and to grow. Roots in networking are your dreams, your efforts, your undeniable will to win, and your values, which, mixed with knowledge, can help you grow and strategise.
Trunk: you are consolidating your leverage. No one will care about you unless you care about being there, reading the context and the narratives, learning what leverage you can build to make your presence, or trunk, strong enough to build your image and presence.
Branches: they are the part that everyone will see first, the cult of image, the vanity of beauty, and all of that stuff we hate but badly need. Branches are the first impression, the first thing others see in you, and from there you expand your presence. Imagine your image and your influence as fruits or flowers full of seeds.
How strong are your roots? Are you in the right place for them to grow?
How strong is your trunk? Good enough to hold up your image’s weight?
How strong are your branches? Healthy enough to look beautiful and grow fruits and flowers?
To network is not hard. What is hard is to become a better thinker, a better strategist, a better human, a better reader. This will make you a beast of networking. It starts from you, and it starts from the basic questions, such as the ones above.
Don’t overcomplicate it, and take it one step at a time. You should ask yourself the toughest questions, because the question “where do I start from tho?” is the simplest one: anywhere your roots can consolidate and grow.
