It is important to know the exact meaning of the words you use and learn in this course.

Contact-any person that you know by name, profession, family, or background.

Contacts cover of range of quality--A low quality contact is a "surface relationship." A high quality relationship is one with trust, history, and depth. It is the most fulfilling and enriching kind of relationship or friendship.

Connector--a contact who has influence, power, and is highly associated with other connectors. Your goal is to have as many connectors as possible. They are always thinking about how they can connect you to someoen else to benefit you. It could be one of their second degree connectors, but they are always putting action to their network, many times for the benefit of others. 

Babe Ruth--your networking goal is to nurture a relationship with someone strong enough to consider them a Babe Ruth. A Babe Ruth has a track record of getting things done for themselves and others. Babe is to one of your regular "references" as 1000 is to 1! Your Babe Ruth can get you a job or interview with one call. If you are fortunate enough to have a Babe Ruth, your path will be much smoother than the average college coach.

Depth--this describes the quality and strength of a relationship. It takes time to nurture such a relationship but in the long run it will be worth every second you spend driving depth between the two of you. The correspondence is effortless and enjoyable and always a learning experience. The topics run from A to Z and are often not even about career or jobs, but deep seated life issues. Trust, openness, vulnerability, and humility are huge parts of a relationship with depth.

Size vs Depth--You always want depth before size. The goal is to have both; a large network with many quality and deep relationships. A network of only size will not help you get where you want to go. You would be much better off with only 10 contacts as long as several of them were contacts of depth.