Can you use the six degrees idea to network more effectively?

Knowing that connections are short encourages you to ask friends for introductions rather than trying to connect with someone directly out of reach.

Next time you want to meet someone new, ask a friend if they know someone who knows that person.

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Six degrees of separation is the idea that any two people on Earth are connected by at most six s...

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The idea of six degrees of separation was popularized in culture by the 1990 play and 1993 film '...

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Studies show social behaviors and influences ripple through networks up to about three degrees of...