Devora Zack, an avowed introvert and a successful consultant who speaks to thousands of people every year, found that most networking advice books assume that to succeed you have to become an extrovert. Or at least learn how to fake it. Not at all. There is another way.

This book shatters stereotypes about people who dislike networking. They’re not shy or misanthropic. Rather, they tend to be reflective—they think before they talk. They focus intensely on a few things rather than broadly on a lot of things. And they need time alone to recharge. Because they’ve been told networking is all about small talk, big numbers and constant contact, they assume it’s not for them.

But it is! Zack politely examines and then smashes to tiny fragments the “dusty old rules” of standard networking advice. She shows how the very traits that ordinarily make people networking-averse can be harnessed to forge an approach that is just as effective as more traditional approaches, if not better. And she applies it to all kinds of situations, not just formal networking events. After all, as she says, life is just one big networking opportunity—a notion readers can now embrace.

德沃拉·扎克（Devra Zack）是一位公认的内向者，也是一位成功的顾问，每年都会与成千上万的人交谈。她发现，大多数社交建议书都认为，要想成功，你必须成为一个外向的人。或者至少学会如何伪装。一点也不。还有另一种方法。
这本书打破了人们对不喜欢社交的成见。他们既不害羞也不厌世。相反，他们倾向于在说话前反思。他们把注意力集中在少数事情上，而不是广泛地集中在很多事情上。他们需要时间独自充电。因为有人告诉他们，社交就是闲聊、大数字和经常接触，所以他们认为这不适合他们。
但事实的确如此！扎克礼貌地检查了标准网络建议中的“尘封的旧规则”，然后将其粉碎成碎片。她展示了如何利用通常让人们厌恶网络的特质，打造一种与更传统的方法同样有效（如果不是更好的话）的方法。她将其应用于各种场合，而不仅仅是正式的社交活动。毕竟，正如她所说，生活只是一个巨大的社交机会——读者现在可以接受这个概念。