#192: How to Build a Network that can Transform Your Life with Kymberli Speight, USAFA ‘87

<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“Networking is not what you can get, it's what you can give. If you’re willing to give and to give over time and to give without an ulterior motive, then more than likely if you need something it will be available in the network that you’ve established already because you gave first.” - Kymberli Speight (USAFA ‘87)</em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kymberli Speight (USAFA ‘87) is passionate about helping people build relationships. While completing a challenge to meet 100 people in 100 days, Kymberli learned how to be intentional about meeting and connecting with people, and her life has never been the same. Her book,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">I Need to Know You</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">gives practical and applicable tips and “how-to” examples that help others improve personal and professional connections. While serving as a Contracting Officer in the U.S. Air Force, Kymberli made lots of connections and lived in places as far north and east as Maine, as far south as Texas, and as far west as Hawaii and Okinawa, Japan. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Kymberli’s work with veterans in career transition inspired what she does today</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why it’s important for military veterans to find a great network</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Kymberli learned from challenging herself to meet 100 people in 100 days </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to optimize daily interactions with others, start conversations and keep them going</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How overcoming the fear of meeting people can unlock opportunities and accelerate business development</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kymberli a