There’s a common misconception that each of us is no more than 6 people away from every single person on the planet. That someone you know…

• Knows someone who…
• Knows someone who…
• Knows someone who…
• Knows someone who…
• Knows someone who…

…knows the President of the United States.

The “6 Degrees of Separation” myth is based on an experiment conducted in the 50s and 60s.

The resulting number 6 was true for just under 1/3rd of the participants. It wasn’t true for more than 2/3rds of the participants. What’s more, the experiment was limited in scope to the United States – around 5% of the world’s population.

What the experiment showed wasn’t that we’re all connected. It showed that some people are well connected.

If you want to be in the 1/3rd that are well connected, it’s going to take knowledge, training, practise and action.

In my view, it starts with working out who you’d most like to meet. As soon as you know where you want to get to, you can start working on how. One of the best ways is to join a networking organisation such as BNI, BRX, NRG or similar.