Welcome to the RAP Challenge: Because It's Not What You Know…

Posted on October 6th, 2009 by Keith Ferrazzi

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Are you doing all you can to build relationships with the people who can help you execute on your dreams?

If not, join me for a special series on the blog this week! Each day, 6 weekdays running, I’ll give you an action challenge to move your most important relationships to the next level.

Why now? On March 4th of 2010, we’re launching the next Relationship Masters Academy class in New York. This is my way of introducing a very small part of the system I teach there to all of you – in hopes, of course, that you’ll join us in March!

Now, onto today's challenge: Create your Top 100 list, today!

Get out a sheet of paper and ask yourself:

Who are the 100 people who are most important to your success and joy? This is the barest essential of the Relationship Action Plan. The list - which may or may not be as many as a hundred, depending on your goals and field - should be some combination of people you already know, and those you need to get to know.

Start writing! If you run out of names, start thinking about the types of people you need to know – what I call “constituencies” – and then work backward from those constituencies to add names to your list, or knock ones off as your list grows and you need to prioritize. For example: If your goal is self-publish online, one constituency might be “Successful online self-publishers.” Then all you need is some internet research to help fill in the blanks.

Use this list to help ensure that your outreach is not just fun and rewarding in itself, but also purposeful. If you’ve done it before, it’s time to update it – an incredibly important habit as time passes and goals change.

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9 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. This process will be life changing. Thank you for sharing with us, your blog's fans.

  2. Keith, this challenge is a great motivator. It's making the lessons of your books and lectures really come alive. Thank you!

  3. We were not able to follow along as you blogged. But our team has committed to going through RAP Challenge over the next two weeks.
    Thanks.

  4. The number 100 is great. Not only is round and obtainable, it pushes us.

    You definitely are the modern day Dale Carnegie.

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