Asteeeg! Beyond traditional careers and conventional lifestyle

Networking is one of the most powerful and fastest ways to learn more about the things that interest you. Going further, why not network with celebrities? It can be fun if we just can overcome fear of being rejected. Hey, they’re people, too, right? And with Internet it’s not impossible to reach out to them.

Following Tim Ferriss’ post some time ago about contacting high profile personalities, I came up with my own list of international and local people I will try to contact this 2008:

Local:
Vivienne Tan - entrepreneur
Gloc9 - Rapper
Isabel Roces - model
Aileen Apolo - Filipino Google Executive
Henry Sy - ‘Nuff said

International:
Ken Wilber - Intellectual giant, author of “Brief History of Everything”,
Tony Robbins - often called as the best speaker the world
Deepak Chopra - Well-being guru of celebrities
Robert Pirsig - My favorite among beatnik authors. Writer of “Zen in the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”
Robert Kiyosaki - Author “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” series

Yeah a bit ambitious but why not… Last year I was been able to correspond with some famous people in their own niche, one of them is Steve Pavlina . He emailed me a few personal lines of encouragement after Christmas but it was good enough for me. I admire him for turning around his life and helping others through his inspiring and popular blog.

The tips I got from Tim Ferriss are to come up with very specific questions to ask and have a ready script. Be unique and keep it short. It may also help to talk to them from the point of view of a sober fan (not a creepy one) rather than a nosy journalist.

Go for it after doing some virtual leg work to research their personal email or that of their assistant. In a way, it can be more difficult to contact local celebrities. For one, you really have to muster the courage to personally call or even meet them face to face because why would you just settle for email correspondence when they’re just here?

Also, check out John Chow’s recent post on dealing with Internet celebrities.

That’s my list. So who do you want to meet this year?