I like when Kev asked dude "what gym do you go to" and the gym replied "to the one in my building". Immediately Kev said you need to be at a gym in a booming neighborhood and not just the one in your building because its convenient.
Just this week I just telling my boy how in 2022 I'm going to start going to a "high end" gym mainly for the networking opportunities and amenities. And for those of you that say "oh, you're in the gym to work out blah blah". I ended up meeting a producer for, let's say CNN to not put anyone's business out there, who was a brother at a very nice gym I used to attend just off the strength we were the only two brothas in the place.
When you start hanging around certain areas you really do have the opportunity to elevate your network.
Yup.
Be in the room. Go to areas that are different and make you uncomfortable.
People will say “why do that? You’re wasting money” when it’s really a benefit to yourself.