# §Networking for Nerds * [[“Networking” is just jargon for ‘building relationships with people who aren’t shoved in front of you by life’]] * [[Make friends with people before they’re useful to you]] * [[Tracking which people actually take action is important]] * [[People carry around emulations of other people on their shoulders]] * [[Exceeding expectations sticks in people’s heads more than meeting them]] * [[Mere-Exposure Effect]] * [[Blurbs are the unit of information exchange over networks]] * [[Stories are a powerful mechanism for idea transmission]] * [[People will only remember three things about you]] * [[People will remember you more if you elicit an emotional response]] * [[How to ask for help]] <!-- #index --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/§Networking+for+Nerds) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/§Networking+for+Nerds)