Sean: From Erika. I know that networking is a big factor in growing my business, but I'm nervous to speak to more experienced business people. How can I become more confident?

Join a networking group. That's one of the easiest ways. So some people who are afraid of public speaking actually join those masters and learn public speaking there, and at the same time, get to mentor other people who want to learn public speaking, and they could be business people too. I know a lot of business people actually join those masters because they want to get over their fear of public speaking and they want to communicate better to their team.

I'm a JCI Manila member. That is a really good network for me. I meet a lot of really great people who have a big heart because JCI is all about giving back to the community. It's a charitable organization, but you know, there are a lot of people there who have big businesses as well. So consequently, we help the community, we help give to charity, but we also help each other out. And we trust each other because before you get into JCI, You actually have to have a big project done successfully, which is fundraising, turning over that event that you're going to be doing to give back to the community.

So, members of JCI Manila, you know that they pass that test and that creates a stronger bond between us. So join those groups where, yeah, they're going to ask you for time. I mean, with JCI Manila, sometimes they ask me to connect a certain speaker to the chapter or sometimes I speak. I spoke recently for the JCI Manila podcast. You know, it's one hour. It's not big. I enjoyed it completely.

But sometimes they're going to ask you for favors that you have to go out of your way and you really just have to do that because you love the chapter, you love the people there, you love what you're doing with them. And they trust you more. You build more rapport with them and they get your business more. That's how I network. I give back to the community.

There are a lot of people and websites that SEO Hacker works for. And we don't ask for payment because we know that they're giving back to the community. For God and Country, we don't charge. So that's something that we strongly believe in. It's not all about money and that actually has paid us back multiple times. So yeah, hopefully you learn from that.

What's your take on that, JM?

JM: First of all, thank you very much, Sean, and for SEO Hacker for everything that you're doing for others.

So Erika, my encouragement for you is to really challenge yourself. Because if you won't be able to challenge yourself, then you won't be able to grow. You won't be able to grow in your personal life and even in your business. So just like what Sean mentioned earlier in the year, join these groups and train yourself. Even go to YouTube. There are a lot of courses there that are free. You can learn from other people who already experienced this and who are confident in public speaking. So I think that is very important in order for you to challenge yourself and in order for you to grow more.

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