I recently began a new initiative. It is a project that, unlike anything else I have ever done: does not involve writing, products, marketing, or anything of that sort. Instead, I’ve developed a goal to begin working with people as partners, students, and in a way: sort of apprentices or pupils if you will, one on one. I’ve recently come to the conclusion that one of the major key points in really “getting out there” is to start stepping up my networking. Networking is essential, because no matter where you are or what it is you are doing – you likely draw your power and subsistence off the activities of other people. And this does not necessarily mean that you do not contribute, it simply means that other people are running the world in which we live in, and we are a part of that. There is always a need to both acknowledge and to aid those around you. Often, you’ll be pleased with the results – they’ll be giving back to you in the process, even if all it is you are getting from the experience is learning from them.

If you’re looking for something online that is going to expand this experience, continuing to examine resources such as this very blog as well as other tools is probably the correct course of action. In addition, meet up with local meeting groups that happen right in your very city. Hit the town and start meeting people who have the same goals as you.

Some of you may have seen MySpace, Facebook, and the many other social networking sites that exist out there. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always noticed that while those sites are great, it can be very hard to pinpoint where exactly people are who share your similar interests. The only thing that some people do with particular social networking sites is allow just the people they know in person, and have always known, to be the only ones they talk to on these sites. To a degree, you have to ask the question: well, what’s the point of that?? If you are an individual like myself and many others who gives deep thought to life and has profound goals and experiences to share, then there is something else out there.

Aaron Potts, who I’ve mentioned a number of times here and who I am considering working with immensely in the future, recently launched just a short while ago a new site for those who want to network but are interested in personal development. The site is Personal Development Partners, and it is already changing the way that the future personal development community could interact with one another. Though Aaron and I both started each of our blogs at around the same time, Aaron has been taking other bloggers and his readers by storm with Today is That Day. Now at a staggering number of visitors(at the time of this writing, over 24,000 per month!), Aaron is truly helping others change their lives for the better by offering insights and tools for self improvement.

Here’s a small screenshot from the site’s main interface:

Personal Development Partners

Let’s admit it – it’s no secret that the people who have been actively involved with the community have been wanting to see this happen. Ever since my days way back at the Learning Strategies Discussion Forums I’ve been hoping to see someone come out with a site like this, and bam – here it is. The site follows a forum format, but allows you to engage in all of the signature social networking activities from your profile: adding friends, joining groups, engaging in conversations, heck the thing has everything you need to really get involved in some powerful experiences beyond the influence of commercialization. Sites like this exist for individual products and practices, but this is a site that allows you to connect to people of similar interest without a selling point behind it.

And it’s dedicated. There is no such thing anymore as joining a Yahoo group, or a newsgroup, or a newsletter, or even a simple forum. This has taken that very concept and expanded it into a new evolving system of improvement. As you can probably tell, this is something that I highly recommend and probably will continue to recommend for a long time to come – you may want to check it out.

As if everything it already has is not enough, you should know that Potts is not the only one getting behind this thing. An entire group of bloggers from the community are throwing their tears and sweat into giving Personal Development Partners members a major community advantage. If you are willing to spend the money to become a premium member, you will gain access to a variety of info products, and for free: the interesting option to seek out people to trade info products with, that you will likely not be able to get anywhere else on the net.

You may be able to guess where this is going – I’m going to be one of those people that is putting out a product for PDP members. The product is a brand new, revised and expanded edition of what is currently titled Principles of Seduction. It will feature over 30 new pages of material, but that’s not all. After much thought, I’ve decided that this work needs a brand new title. Instead of seduction, which often people associate with lies or deceipt, the new title is Principles of Social Attraction. Even after heavily emphasizing honesty, seduction was never quite the best fitting word or phrase. This new version will teach you the fundamentals and basics of how to follow a system of attraction that will work virtually anywhere, on anyone, at anytime.

For all of the people who read the actual printed edition, this new downloadable free version will be available weeks, maybe even months before the printed version. But why does that matter? Doesn’t the word free say it all? Alright, I rest my case.

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