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August 2010

This month's FlowTIP:

Take the Flowork 50 Contact Challenge! Over the next 30 days, try to connect with 50 people and share one of your goals with them. Keep a record of each individual's response to your request (for example, "helped me" or "referred me to someone else"). Share the same goal with all of the individuals to get an idea of how many people it will take to actually get help. Most likely, you won't even reach 50 people. Remember to keep your request low-risk so you can reasonably expect some help. For example, looking for a contact name at an organization is low-risk while asking for a job is a high-risk request. The level of risk is based on two factors: first, the complexity of the request, and second, the strength of the relationship. The stronger the relationship, the riskier the request can be. The weaker the relationship, the lower the risk request should be.

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