Features| April 2021 Networking: Building Purposeful Connections Solmaz Nabipour, MD; Solmaz Nabipour, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor April 2021, Vol. 85, 32. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000742700.50054.1a Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Solmaz Nabipour, Daniel J. Cole; Networking: Building Purposeful Connections. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:32 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000742700.50054.1a Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: community, individualism, internship and residency, loneliness, pandemics, professors, suicide, centers for disease control and prevention (u.s.), cheese, happiness “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.” – African Proverb Many view networking as inauthentic, manipulative, and even dirty. Nothing could be further from the truth. We invite readers to think beyond the traditional limitations of networking. Traditional networking is viewed as a predatory and necessary evil; however, we urge readers to consider networking as an activity to develop common interests, learn from others, and connect to a higher purpose in a collective and human sense (e.g., improving the quality and safety of patient care). The current pandemic has brought to the forefront our basic need to feel connected to others. In fact, we are built for this; when humans do something for another person (prosocial act), we experience an increase in dopamine and oxytocin. We are so strongly... © 2021 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), All Rights Reserved.2021 You do not currently have access to this content.