Schmoozing = “Discovering what you can do for someone else.”
This five minute read by Guy Kawasaki demystifies networking with common sense (but not always instinctive) suggestions like:
“Ask good questions, then shut up. The mark of a good conversationalist is not that you can talk a lot. The mark is that you can get others to talk a lot.”
and, “Only talking about business is boring. Good schmoozers unveil their passions after they get to know you… Your passions make you an interesting person.
