Please take note to heart so as not to confuse between:
1. Networking vs. Emotional life.
They may be overlapping: my social life. They may be under the same name: friends. But they are not the same. What is at the core of networking. I dont know yet. But I do realize that networking is not about that we are seeking to benefit from others. It is building trusted relationships. It is not that you will help me, but that we understand each other. In that sense networking is an art and there is nothing dirty about it. Because it is totally common sense that we would like to work with those we can trust. I think so, too.