It seems to me that people fall into 2 camps in December. For one group it is one of the busiest times of year and they don’t have time to stop and think; think retailers. For the other group things slow down a bit. Work isn’t as busy and they have some extra time to plan and work on catch-up projects leading into the new year.

I’ve been in the second camp this year. I took the opportunity to reach out to a lot of people in my network that I haven’t talked to in a while for one reason or another. That time was very well spent. Nobody ever complains that they just heard from an old friend that they haven’t talked to in a while. Especially this time of year.

It’s been such a rewarding experience that I’m hoping to repeat it a little more often than just in December next year. It only takes a few minutes to pick up the phone to say “Hi! How’ve you been?”

Who can you reconnect with? Take 5 or 10 minutes right now and reconnect. Unless of course you’re in the first camp of crazies in which case you shouldn’t even be reading my blog right now.

Merry Christmas and Happy Networking!

Scott Ingram
NetworkInAustin.com