Perhaps you’re wondering why all this social networking stuff is appearing left and right. In addition to social software, you hear more about mentoring & role models & gatekeeping.
Pull, Networking and Sucess since Benjamin Franklin, a new book by University of Colorado historian Pamela Walker Laird, says that who you know has always been important; we didn’t see what was going on because we weren’t looking for it.
Historical figures who rose to the top with a boost from mentors include Ben Franklin, J.P. Morgan, and Andrew Carnegie.
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