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I don't think "networking" relationships have ever provided any benefit to my professional interests. In my view they're pointless, like an orange without juice

I don't think "networking" relationships have ever provided any benefit to my professional interests. In my view they're pointless, like an orange without juice in it. I haven't read the Ferrazzi book but my understanding is that he shuns networking to instead reframe the concept as "connecting," and this is more in line with my own viewpoint. I'd appreciate a better explanation of his viewpoint from someone who has read the book.

dmos62 4y ago
I'm still reading it, but I think you've summed up his position on this question well. He goes out of his way to describe the networking he's promoting as a pro-social, as opposed to a manipulative, activity. His least social descriptions of relationships that I heard (which are still very social) are an asset that grows as you exercise it, something where you don't keep score, and something that is absolutely not a zero-sum game.