We all know the numbers: 85% of all new hires find a job through networking; the best source of new business is through referrals. There's no getting around it... So you dutifully traipse from one event to the next, collecting cards, giving up your evenings and yet you...

"The power and importance of building relationships with others is something that seems to be universally understood by people from all cultures. Our web of relations creates the foundation for our lives as social creatures, no matter what culture we come from.

However,...