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5 Quick Tips To Help You Connect With Anyone You Want to Meet
How would it feel if I told you that the person with whom you most want to connect is less than 3.5 degrees of separation away from that interaction you so desire?
Don’t let that emotion pass, because if you believe the scientists at Facebook, it’s true. According to their , “Within the US, people are connected to each other by an average of 3.46 degrees.”
Bygone are the days of six tedious degrees of separation (or Kevin Bacon, if you prefer). Thanks to our ever-increasingly-connected world, it’s that much easier to connect with anyone you want to know (if they’re not in the US, among the 1.59 billion people active on Facebook, the research shows it’s closer to 3.57 degrees of separation).
This is exciting news! Pair this fact with the tools you have at your disposal to sort out a direct path to your intended contact. Hop on Facebook and see if you have a mutual friend. Or, my preferred method is to get on LinkedIn and see what chain of connections it would take to get a warm introduction. Please note: neither of these will be as successful for you if you are not active on the platform, regularly adding your contacts to your digital network.
I ran an experiment to test out this theory by digging into my network to see how many points of connection stood between…
