Don't Burn The Bridges

I was in a seminar on networking today. One of the speakers reminded the attendees not to burn any budges. You never know who is going to be your boss or client. Even if you are absolutely sure that someone will never be in any important position, she could become an assistant to your client, or worse, his wife.

Indeed it is a small world and you never know. Today I’ve just found out one of my colleagues and I actually bumped into each other more than 10 years ago and had many manual friends. I had an old client came to me soliciting business after he worked in media. I also had countless colleagues become clients, competitors and vendors.

Seriously, don't burn any bridges.