David makes a great point here about when another, unprompted, talk about you to their peers.
I think the dotable connection, so to speak, also stands out when you're someone who presents a consistently unique, courageous, or interesting point of view that isn't always the mainstream thought.
A good friend of mine died tragically in a plane crash in 2011. He was among the most insightful folks I knew - and I've missed his commentary greatly over the past decade - because he was consistently unique and interesting in his points of view.
It's part of why I think writing good content regularly and sharing a point of view is important for leaders, consultants, and others in the spheres in which we operate.
I'm possibly missing the deeper significance of that question, but I think the best evidence that there is a "dotable connection" is when third parties, unprompted, talk about you to their peers. They see something once (say, on LinkedIn) and it doesn't really register. But a few days later they see your name again, unrelated to the first mention. All of a sudden they begin to LOOK for further clues, and suddenly you are on their radar.
Aside from that, it sometimes depends on the connectible person to find those dots. "Oh, you like motorcycles? Or you travel to that place every summer? Or you went to that college?" The most interesting people ask a lot of questions and store those possible connections in their head, and then the dots get connected seamlessly.
David makes a great point here about when another, unprompted, talk about you to their peers.
I think the dotable connection, so to speak, also stands out when you're someone who presents a consistently unique, courageous, or interesting point of view that isn't always the mainstream thought.
A good friend of mine died tragically in a plane crash in 2011. He was among the most insightful folks I knew - and I've missed his commentary greatly over the past decade - because he was consistently unique and interesting in his points of view.
It's part of why I think writing good content regularly and sharing a point of view is important for leaders, consultants, and others in the spheres in which we operate.
I'm possibly missing the deeper significance of that question, but I think the best evidence that there is a "dotable connection" is when third parties, unprompted, talk about you to their peers. They see something once (say, on LinkedIn) and it doesn't really register. But a few days later they see your name again, unrelated to the first mention. All of a sudden they begin to LOOK for further clues, and suddenly you are on their radar.
Aside from that, it sometimes depends on the connectible person to find those dots. "Oh, you like motorcycles? Or you travel to that place every summer? Or you went to that college?" The most interesting people ask a lot of questions and store those possible connections in their head, and then the dots get connected seamlessly.