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The professionals you have the most in common with may be your competition. They wrestle with similar problems and have similar goals.<\/p>\n

And you can offer value by sharing what you’ve learned and what you know–and that value will often be reciprocated.<\/p>\n

I met Tom Rielly when was running PlanetOut in the 1990s. About forty of AOL’s biggest software partners had been invited to a conference, and Tom hosted a small gathering for a dozen of us in his hotel suite. When we got there, he shared the most interesting parts of his contract with AOL. Many of us did the same. As a result, everyone in that room was able to get a better deal the next time around.<\/p>\n

When the acting community shared information about predators in Hollywood, it created progress toward safety, helped apprehend some of the worst offenders, and built connection and trust.<\/p>\n

Literary agents regularly talk with each other, and via the living database at Publisher’s Lunch, share insights about genres, editors and authors.<\/p>\n

NFL coaching staff, who you would think of as quite competitive, often talk to one another about players, policies, and personnel.<\/p>\n

Chefs welcome up-and-coming chefs into their kitchens and share their best suppliers, because a supplier without customers doesn’t stick around for long.<\/p>\n

Creative Mornings has changed the lives of thousands of freelance creators, simply by giving them a useful way to connect.<\/p>\n

Walmart doesn’t want its suppliers to talk with one another, which is a really good reason for them to do it. Comparing test questions in high school is called cheating. Doing it in real life is a smart way to reclaim power and agency.<\/p>\n

The competition isn’t the competition. ‘None of the above’ is the competition. The powerful monopoly is the competition. Loneliness is the competition.<\/p>\n

It might be that your industry doesn’t already have a vibrant association of peers. If it doesn’t, start one. There have never been more tools or more upside for doing so.<\/p>\n

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