RAP Challenge Day 2: How Can I Help?

Posted on October 8th, 2009 by Keith Ferrazzi

Welcome to Day 2 of our Relationship Action Plan Challenge, designed to give you just a small taste of the system I teach at the Relationship Masters Academy, which is currently enrolling for the March 4 class.

Today's Challenge: How Can I Help?

For you to get to know the people who can make you successful, they've got to want to get to know you. And to make that happen, you’ve got to USE YOUR CURRENCY -- your unique capacity to help somebody else fulfill their mission or vision of themselves in some way. Defining that currency is the second step in creating a solid Relationship Action Plan.

If you, like many people, don’t instantly know what your currency is and want help finding it, the best way to get started is to dig deep and find out what they need to be more successful. But you also need to take a good look at yourself to ask: How can I help? What do I have to offer?

Take a crack at these questions to get yourself started:

1. What things do you say about yourself and your interests that excite or intrigue people you meet?
2. When did you help make someone else a success at something?
3. Of the times you were able to give, which worked the best and which felt the best?
4. How can you purposely incorporate those currencies into your sales and networking plans?

Bonus challenge: Keep in mind that currency encompasses the small stuff, too. So today, find time to do at least one of these three:

1. Give a colleague a genuine compliment.
2. Friend someone you've lost contact with on LinkedIn or Facebook.
3. Thank someone publicly.

Tell me how it goes!

For more info about the Relationship Masters Academy, visit the FG site.

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