I was at a birthday party 15 years ago, and an unassuming guy that I didn’t know walked over and introduced himself. His name was Michael.
He shared how he knew our mutual friend whose birthday it was, and asked me what I was working on. We chatted for a few minutes and exchanged information before mingling with others and enjoying the festivities.
The next day, I received a follow-up email from Michael with a bullet list of five people he was happy to connect me with, along with links to their LinkedIn profiles. They were all interesting, successful NYC-based entrepreneurs that I was interested in meeting and highly relevant to the work I was doing.
Michael is a superconnector.
The introductions beget other introductions, with each new connection radiating with positive energy and goodwill from the last. It’s an infectious energy and activity, so I started being intentional about making introductions in my life as well. This has in turn added a lot of value to my friends’ lives.
You probably know dozens or even hundreds of people whose lives would be made better by knowing other people in your network. It’s easy to complicate the process, and I’ve certainly made some glowing, multi-paragraph introductions, but it’s also fine to just say, “Hey, I think you two will enjoy knowing each other.
