Introducing TEM Coaching Chats!
We at Pedal Note Media have recently jumped into the deep end on multistreaming which is kind of exciting! We signed up for a service called Castr which enables us to live stream simultaneously to multiple Facebook pages as well as to YouTube.
Last night I kicked off what will be a series of live series called TEM Coaching Chats.
The first one was me riffing on a passage from the incredible new Derek Sivers book, Your Music and People. In this passage, he shares some thoughts on networking. But he has a slightly different take on it than you frequently hear.
He stresses the importance of setting aside time to nurture the relationships with the people who are already in your network rather than only trying to widen the net all of the time. It’s great, actionable advice.
This TEM Coaching Chat is only about 7 minutes long. Below the video is a transcription of a short clip.
Hope you enjoy!
“Business has been so weird or non-existent in Covid, in 2020. There are a lot of people who I would usually speak to regularly who I have not spoken to in quite some time, who I would regularly play with or be in the same room as and that has not happened because of Covid.
Reach out to somebody. Seek out their content. If it's good, tell them! If it's good, tell other people! If somebody who is a contact, whether it's a close contact or just a superficial one, puts something out into the world in the form of music or a YouTube video or you name it, and it resonates with you, tell the world! Tag them! They're gonna be really happy that you did.
Send them a message saying ‘I know I've been up and down creatively during this time and it's impressive that you are still doing what you're doing on a regular basis.’ Send them a note. I guarantee you it's gonna make their day. And they are going to keep you in mind and recommend you to people who they feel need to be exposed to what you're putting out into the world if there was a mutual respect there to begin with.
So yes, try and expand your network. But also make sure you spend some intentional time that is set aside to nurture your already existing network.”