Author: David Homan

David Homan is a “connector of connectors” and the founder of Orchestrated Connecting, a private community of impact focused givers whose networks span the world. He has partnered with many prestigious family offices and investors, speaking on impact and relationship value. With a forthcoming book and a newly launched start-up around connection, he is dedicated to tackling climate change, mental health, health equity, supporting the arts--among other passions and in building a diverse world of “givers” to align capital to improve outcomes for all. He is also a working classical composer and proud father of two.

IV. Being the Conversation

Not everyone achieves this level, or when they do, are they necessarily pleased. Still, when you have become the subject of a conversation, it means, by definition, that now everyone has an opinion about what you’re doing.

V. The Three Smartest Connections: Peer, Social, and Leverage

To connect smartly, you have to widen your circle and establish contacts to position your relationship in a way where you can maintain it during the ups and downs of business interactions.

VI. The Peer

The role of the peer can be crucial, not only in philanthropy or in developing new businesses but in helping others with vision gain the access they need to get started.

VII. The Social

If you are the “Social,” then you swim, so to speak, in circles where your friends and family have influence. Your relationships go deeper than business, and your network often expands because of social situations.

VIII. The Leverage

If you are the “Leverage,” it’s because people need and want you involved in something. Period.

IX. Goal Setting

The minute you think you deserve more, the more you will eventually fail because honestly you haven’t done enough to gain recognition if your fallback is that people should recognize you because of who you are.

X. Developing your Pitches

If people do lead lives of quiet desperation, then for those who cannot sit idly by, goal setting is key. You have to find a way to blend your passion into your daily life.

XI. Setting yourself up to understand your failures

To truly create transformation as a leader and a person, communication and criticism are the major priorities as they are indicators of whether you can learn from your mistakes.