Five female friends that all successful women have.
My dear elegant ladies,
welcome back to video 3 of my networking mini-series.
Ladies, now we have reached the final one because next up,
we have my free workshop.
All about how you can improve your socializing skills and have an easier
time to make new friends. Ladies, the day is here Monday,
May 10th.
We are doing this and I want you to sign up if you still haven't on
www.NetworkingWebinar.com
So make sure you get a free ticket to this
live event. But today,
I want to talk to you about which are those five female friends that you really,
really need to have in your network if you want to become successful.
Ladies, let's find out.
Friend number one, the party friend.
So whoever you are and whatever you want to accomplish,
one thing that you need to know is that everybody,
regardless of lifestyle needs to have a social butterfly in their army of friends.
And I'm talking in particular in somebody
who can actually be your more social friend,
kind of your party friend. Preferably,
this person needs to be extroverted to some degree,
somebody who has an easy time when it comes to meeting new people and this
person cannot by any means, be socially awkward.
So if you are socially awkward yourself, bingo,
you need a wing woman who is the opposite of you so that she can make your
journey a little bit easier if you are more introverted.
So what's really good about the party friends or the kind of extroverted social
butterfly friend is that they oftentimes need a wing woman to
accompany them on their little adventures.
And the really good news is that that person can be you because that's going
to really benefit you both tremendously.
She's going to do all the kind of heavy lifting with regards to finding the
right places to visit all the right parties to go to
and she will also most likely be the one who breaks the ice with most strangers,
while your duty will be to kind of accompany her and
support her. Because one thing that you need to know is that oftentimes,
extroverted people find themselves to be quite lonely,
not because there's something wrong with them,
but because the extroverted person likes to really be the center of attention
many times.
And that can sometimes put people off or find difficult to be around this
type of person. However,
if she finds the right character who balances her out,
that will be a perfect fit to be her plus one, wherever she goes.
Truly ladies, this is a really big win-win relationship,
a relationship where it's really about taking, but also giving.
So it's a big give and take.
What's important to think about when you look for these types of female friends
is to really make sure that the extroverted
social butterfly that you now befriend
has a good reputation because you're going to be socially
out and about absolutely everywhere.
And this friend will be acting as your business card out to
the world.
Make sure she is as representable as you are and somebody
who doesn't act, you know, a little bit crazy after she had a few drinks.
Really important that one ladies,
because I've seen plenty of horror stories and drama feuds with
relationships ending because somebody just, you know,
doesn't know how to act after a glass of wine. Now,
the next friend that we certainly need to have in our army of friends is the
business friend. And no matter if you want to become,
let's say an entrepreneur or you're happy to just climb the career ladder,
you should definitely team up with at least another woman who is also
interested in advancing her career somehow.
I would definitely suggest that she is on the same level as you or might
have similar career goals as you,
or perhaps might already have had this experience that you are aiming for.
In that case, bingo!
Befriend her for the purpose that you both can meet and brainstorm with each other
around business ventures, around the plans on how to move forward
and upward, but also to share lessons amongst each other
on the things that you have learned on your career path.
The purpose of this relationship for both parties is to hold each other
accountable and to really learn from each other and support each other
forward.
A plus I would say is if she's a total doer and go-getter,
because this way, it will also be easier for you to socialize with her.
As an example, you can go to conferences together.
You can both expand each other's professional networks.
You can attend seminars,
business events, et cetera,
but having somebody who also wants to socialize is quite important in the
business field,
because you don't want to just stop with having her as your connection
in business. You want to meet more people because this way,
you both are going to be networking with loads of people in business,
and you will be able to tap into each other's networks this way. But ladies,
one important warning that I must give you is that make sure that you don't have
a business friend who is in some way or another, a competitor of yours.
You cannot be in the same niche or in the same industry
fighting for the same role or the same business venture.
It just never works out, unfortunately.
I really really know this also from experience. In the long run,
it will become problematic.
Friend number three, the professional,
and here I'm referring to somebody who has a very specific type of profession,
maybe an accountant or a doctor, a lawyer.
And I'm not talking about the business type of relationship that I had just
spoken about.
I'm really talking about somebody who brings specific qualifications to the table.
And I'm not saying that you are now going to become somebody
who uses people.
We are elegant ladies with good manners so we would never just use people.
Instead, we would always reciprocate in whatever way we can,
whether it is maybe giving our professional advice to the person
in return. As an example,
let's say you have just set up your own business and you don't afford to hire an
accountant yet,
but your friend happens to be one and she can give you a few accounting tips.
But of course, you would never ask for it. The friend has to offer herself,
but relationships like this are important.
So really think about these type of opportunities.
Just make sure to keep it mindful.
Because one of the things I do know is that people from certain professions
really get sick and tired of when people just want free advice
all the time. So make sure you don't reach that level,
make sure that you offer something in return and you even offer to maybe
hire her for a consultation. Because you know,
it's very polite to offer to pay sometimes
somebody for their time ` or for their service.
And then it's really up to them whether they want to accept that or not.
But at least you have offered.
Now the next friend that I know would certainly be very useful in our niche and
that is the level up mentor. Now ladies,
I know that I'm your mentor, maybe even your favorite mentor.
Ladies,
I have also developed a program that actually mentors you on your journey
forward to have success when you upgrade and when you aim higher in life.
But besides me, it can be actually quite good to have somebody additionally,
in your real life who can guide you forward a little bit.
Perhaps somebody who has walked already a similar walk,
or maybe they haven't walked exactly this type of path that you're on,
but at least, they have a little bit of insights or have reached some of
the goals that you want to reach.
I'm not saying you need to find a coach in your life.
I'm not saying you need to find somebody who is incredibly leveled up and reach
the full advanced level.
I'm talking about somebody who is just
a little bit further on the journey than you, because you know,
I did not myself have a mentor back in my days. And that was such a big pain,
I must tell you.
And also that's the reasons why my journey took so much longer than it could
have had, had I just had the mentorship in real life,
or at least online.
You see, nothing like School of Affluence existed back then.
So this is why I think it's so important to seek out tuition,
let's say online, like School of Affluence,
but also to have some additional support in your real life.
Because you will be able to get plenty of new ideas and pointers from
people have also done similar things. Or even if they're still leveling up,
at least, they can give you some more insights that are specifically tailored
for your everyday life. Now last but not least, really,
really important type of friend that you should have is the level up
accountability partner. And I must tell you one thing is that sometimes,
we can easily lose the momentum because we have obstacles in our journey.
We lose the inspiration. We feel like we're failing.
But if you have an accountability partner that keeps
a little eye on you,
then ladies, you are going to actually have higher chance of achieving
results versus if you're just walking this path by yourself
and never have any form of support.
It is really essential to keep yourself accountable with your transformation and
with your lifestyle goals. Because when you don't do that, I'm telling you,
you are going to hit obstacles, everybody does. And really,
when we don't have any support behind us or people telling us, come on,
you can do it. Come on, it's just an obstacle.
Then you might throw in the towel and I really don't want you to do so.
And please note, when I say accountability partner,
I'm saying somebody who is definitely aspiring for the same thing as you,
or very similar thing as you and somebody who might be on the same level as you.
Because after all, this is not mentoring,
the person does not need to be further advanced than you.
It can also be somebody who has less experience than you. Here,
we just want to have somebody that we can check in with, from time to time,
somebody who wants to also share their obstacles and their experiences.
But where do we find people like that?
Because I know from my own experience is that not everybody wants to have a
more affluent or elegant lifestyle.
Not everybody enjoys the finer things in life,
but where do we find those women who are doing the same type of
transformation that we are doing? Well, good news ladies,
because I am currently building something that will actually help you find
like-minded friends, no matter where you are in the world.
And I have been working on this for over a year. And ladies,
once I'm able to reveal what it is that I'm working on,
you are going to be able to find the accountability partner this fast.
And as a result, have a faster progress on your journey than before.
Now in my workshop on May 10th,
not only are you going to learn about how you can improve your social skills,
but I'm also going to do the big reveal of what it is that I've been
secretly working on behind the scenes.
And I'm so excited to share that with you. So make sure you visit
www.NetworkingWebinar.com
and sign up because that workshop is
going to be very interesting,
but also incredibly educational. So ladies,
you're not going to stay alone for long now, after this event,
you're going to be able to meet so many new interesting people.
So I cannot wait to see you there.
Now, until then you can watch my next video called,
10 Female Friends To Avoid.
And in the video,
we're actually flipping the coin a little bit.
So make sure you hop onto that video because I will see you there.