Jay Shetty

And did you network with this person?

Did you talk to this person?

I was like, no, because I don't think that is the right thing to do.

Like, I don't think me going up to someone that I don't know and doesn't know me

and starting up a conversation is authentic to me and who I want to be.

If it happens authentically, that's amazing, but that's not authentic to me.

My authentic version is to help people feel safe and comfortable, smile, be courteous and kind,

but to not be invasive, especially in places where everyone's kind of stressed and anxious.

And so my approach has always been to talk to someone if they talk to me, to smile at someone.

And if there's a, you feel a sense of like, hey, we're both looking for someone to connect to, find it and recognize that ultimately everyone's feeling anxious here.

There's no one who's feeling confident and you're feeling anxious.

Everyone's feeling anxious because no one knows anyone and no one knows who to talk to.

So I think for me, my self-talk was trust, hence beautiful title, Big Trust, your book, trust that...

you don't have to meet everyone.

This isn't your only opportunity to sell yourself, hand out your business card to everyone.

I'm like, having a meaningful connection with someone is probably more valuable than handing your business card and shaking hands with everyone in the room, just so you can say you shook hands with so-and-so and X, Y, and Z. To me, it was reminding myself

That value was deep.

It was meaningful.

It was purposeful.

It was intentional.