Staying connected

Malcom Gladwell in his "Tipping point", discussed about Connectors, Mavens and Salesmen. It is an interesting read, and quite an interesting theory to explain a lot of small revolutions as well. Of the three kinds of people who help about bringing in revolutions, I think I fit the "Connectors" part the most. For quite some time, I have liked to meet new people and stay in touch. Though I should also be honest in that I have not been able to keep up with my network of people as frequently as I would want to. I just simply like the idea of getting to know people hitherto unknown to you and understand them at a level more than that of a formality. In the former part though I have been quite successful, for it is not really difficult for me - of course, I like to speak so much and to anyone for that matter. But the latter is more difficult, what I have found out is that there are three kinds of people in my network - seekers, regulars and dormants. The seekers are just as enthusiastic about meeting ppl as I am, they turn out to be great ppl to hang out with, of course this is definitely within the constraints of our daily lives that how much are we able to meet. The regulars are the ones who are ok with their flow of lifes they dont try to come across to you, but if you meet them halfway across the river or in the sea of humanity in the mall, they wouldn't mind hanging out with you. Also, the "regulars" have a special category - the ones that appreciate the kind of network that I have and once in a blue moon drop in a request for some work to be done with my help. Which is actually great coz it helps in getting to know them more. The third kind of people are the dormants, this is the difficult bunch - one which has given me more painful nights than anybody else, these are the ones whom I really like know but they never show up anywhere, they only return your calls, but they would never call you up themselves not even for a random sporadic job they would like me to do for them, case in point are long lost school friends, college friends, old company acquaintances etc. I have some theories on how to strengthen this network of friends more on this later. Forthcoming : Brand value of a man.