One great advice my partner gave to me was that it's the Pareto Principle: Spend 20% of your time networking and 80% of your time doing work. That 20% of your t

One great advice my partner gave to me was that it's the Pareto Principle: Spend 20% of your time networking and 80% of your time doing work. That 20% of your time networking will bring in most of your money. Why not spend 80% of your time networking? Nobody respects people who do that. They do want people who can get the job done, so you still have to be spending most of your time getting the work done and becoming an expert.