Morning Workout .... the Networking Pool

I am up, and I am gonna get a quick workout in. But, I thought I would do that for my mind today. Here, I am doing a bit of writing. This morning's topic is gonna deal with getting back into the 'networking pool'. I think of it in exactly the same way as the dating pool.

This occurred to me earlier in the week. I went to a panel discussion at a local education facility where the topic was health informatics ( think of IT meets healthcare with government sprinkled in). And, as usual there was the customary 1/2 'shoulder' for networking. However, I didn't utilize the opportunity to maximize my meetings and in looking back I wasn't happy with that. While, I am not beating myself up about, I am however, acknowledging it and making plans to address in the future. This entry is my way to help visualize and make the commitment that much REAL.

With that said, the whole idea of the dating pool came to me. And, the similarities are the same, and so is the way to deal with it. JUST GET IN THE WATER. You don't have to jump head-first to the deep end, but you can NOT just put your toe in the water. So, I will NOT give you advice here but I will tell you that I am gonna get back into it.

As it turned out, the one fella I talked with was a journalist graduate and worked for a company that focus on information/software ....they try to make the interface been user and environment as optimized as possible. He was there to get some more background on informatics, as this could be a area of future business. You never know who you will meet.

So, with that said "GET OUT THERE" in that networking pool. And, then to paraphrase a friend/ mentor "Meet People, Learn Something, and Have Fun? (thanks Cleon)

Ok, mind workout done. Now it is time to workout the body.

Later.

-thomas