We all have it within us to be better networkers. And in being so, better managers of our careers.
Work is important to society and to individuals. Ask anyone who is unfulfilled in their job, or unable to work, about the effect on their identity and personal self-worth and we’ll not be surprised by the answer.
The management point is also important. We can occasionally feel helpless in the context of our careers. Just corks bobbing along on the tide of economics, commerce, or any other external event we choose to name, making it difficult for us to see beyond the present.
But it is also within us to resist this.
Stephen Covey*, the author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” wrote that we have a choice: “to act and not feel ...
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