How to Network Like a Dog, Tip #1: Dig Out What's Different

This month, I'm going to share tips from my book Secrets of a Working Dog on how to create long-lasting, meaningful connections in work and life by thinking like a dog. Woof, woof!

I love driving out to the country with my humans for a chance to chat with the locals...the cows, the horses and the deer (but never, ever the skunks). They don't always appreciate my efforts, but I always try.

The key to making friends like a dog is to always be curious. Never pass up an opportunity to meet someone new just because they don't walk, talk or look like you. Dogs know that mutually-beneficial partnerships come in all shapes and sizes, and they have no problem looking past (or searching out) differences that most humans would think were too big to ignore.

Have you reached out to someone new today?