But that's exactly what it is. When you meet people who may be in your social sphere, inherently these people may have connections to your professional sphere.
Therefore, your status indicators and signals may have an impact on both your personal and professional life.
As a concrete example: I was recently passed over for a promotion, for which I am supremely qualified. The reason being, the person selected plays the status game better. They network better. They have the connections to people who are in places of power.
And I refuse to play the status or any other social games. I believe merit, in and of itself, is the way to achieve. And I am wrong, often.
Anyway, I digress. The reason that it may just feel like the 'make a new friend game' is because you 'fit' already. You may not have to think about the keeping up with the Joneses bit, because you are the Joneses. This way of interacting with new people may just be how you were raised and a part of your culture, so ingrained that it seems just a part of natural society. Do you think that's the case?
I think that's partially true, I feel like I find the weirdos like me wherever I go and we just get on. I'm also not great at climbing the corporate ladder, but, I really don't care as long as I'm growing in what feels like a positive direction for my life as a whole.
Therefore, your status indicators and signals may have an impact on both your personal and professional life.
As a concrete example: I was recently passed over for a promotion, for which I am supremely qualified. The reason being, the person selected plays the status game better. They network better. They have the connections to people who are in places of power.
And I refuse to play the status or any other social games. I believe merit, in and of itself, is the way to achieve. And I am wrong, often.
Anyway, I digress. The reason that it may just feel like the 'make a new friend game' is because you 'fit' already. You may not have to think about the keeping up with the Joneses bit, because you are the Joneses. This way of interacting with new people may just be how you were raised and a part of your culture, so ingrained that it seems just a part of natural society. Do you think that's the case?