Let me set the scene.

I am in Dubai in the UAE it’s a Monday Morning 07.15 and I am networking at SABCO the South African Business council ( I am British ).

I bump into a British chap who I met at a recent Danish Networking event.

We start talking and using my now natural Skills of probing and asking questions about people ( in an effort to Refer or help them ).

We navigate down an interesting path of question and answer. (it is simplified below for ease of reading. The actual process took 10 minutes)

1. Yes both we both lived in Plymouth ( UK )
2. Yes had both been to Cardiff (Wales )
3. Yes we both knew the “Same” Building in Cardiff
4. His friend lived on the 9^th Floor of that building
5. I own a property on the 9^th Floor of that building
6. His friend lived in apt 02
7. I own apt 02

Needless to say, after we picked ourselves up off the floor. I also recall thinking back to a few months before when a previous tenant there had been late in payment and I was thinking how great it would be if I met someone in Dubai who knew them so I could chase them down if need be.!!!

Ok so maybe  “The Secret” has a point in the “Law of Attraction “ but you find out nothing unless you ask questions.

Phil Bedford