On Tuesday, I attended Keith Ferazzi’s Webinar, author of Never Eat Alone and newly released book Who’s Got Your Back.  Joining him was marketing guru Seth Godin and author of Duct Tape Marketing John Jantsch. Here are some key points in building meaningful, lasting relationships:

1. A broad network will give you a wealth of information
2. Real feedback is vital
3. Constructive feedback are important pieces of data and should be thought of as generous
4. Create a peer to peer support group to hold you accountable, kind of like AAA
5. Acknowledge the truth: letting your guard down is courageous, not weak!
6. Embrace others to achieve the success and dreams in their lives
7. Lifeline: Embrace one person that could be a lifeline relationship. Create a strong relationship with this person and care, genuinely.  “Lets sit and talk about where you are   going,  how can I help you?”
8. If your not happy with what you’ve got, don’t expect someone to just fix it
9. Go for your full potential and receive great success
10. If you can create circles of people who have something to talk about it helps everybody
11. Seth Godin: Go fail, fail often, fail with people it’s ok to fail with
12. Keith Jantsch: Just go do it