The New Kid On The Block
How do you feel when you walk into a group where you don't know anyone?
Whether that's a networking event, chamber of commerce, a new job even, or in my case what I'm talking about is a MasterMind event.
I went to the situation I'm talking about a few months ago. I walked into the room and I didn't know anybody. What was interesting at the time for me was that everybody seemed to know everybody else. I was the new kid on the block. They hadn't seen each other for quite a while and they were all hugging each other and all, "Hi, how are you," and, "Oh, it's so great to see you."
The excitement level was great - everybody was welcoming each other warmly but ignoring the few of us who were new.
I think interestingly because it's a high-performing group, the majority of people that were new were fairly introverted. Speaking to some of them afterward about this was quite interesting because I thought I was the only one.
I thought I was the only person who felt like an outsider. I tho...
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