The Art of Connecting

Think you're just a few connections away from Beyoncé? Turns out, you're not wrong. The connection science tells us how close we all really are and how freakishly small our world really is.
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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
No one is too hard to reach.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
It doesn't matter if you don't know anybody, or if
you're like me and you know a lot of people,
you can still find almost anyone in the world and
connect with them, no matter how high they are. Let
me tell you it's not that hard because there is
a rule, and it's the rule of six degrees of separation.
This means that on average, all of us are only
separated by six connections in our network. And if we

(00:25):
follow these connections, we can connect with practically anybody in
the world, the heads of country, the heads of giant corporations, celebrities,
you name it.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
How do you do this?

Speaker 2 (00:36):
First you have to go through your network, so you
can go on your social networks and see who your
friends are connected with. LinkedIn is a great one, but
there are many other social networks.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Or you can even talk to your friends. Who do
you know that's really important? Oh, will you introduce me
to that person?

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Once you make one connection, that leads to other connections.
So the more people you meet, the bigger your tree becomes.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
And your goal is to move up the tree, up
to the very most important people.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
So how if you move up, well, make the connection,
then ask them for an introduction, Make another connection, ask
them for an introduction, and before you know anybody you
have dreaming of meeting your entire life. It could be
Justin Bieber, it could be Bill Gates, it could be
Mark Zuckerberg. Whoever it is, you eventually will get through
to them. If you are persistent and you never give up.

(01:23):
Follow the chain and see where it leads to