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I think it's only brown-nosing when someone low-status does it.

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> The cardinal rule here is to give before you get. ... Figure out how you could be valuable and then sponsorship flows.

Here's a problem I've found with that: Whenever I attempt to give before I get, the conclusion that the potential sponsor inevitably comes to is that they can continue extracting value from me without paying back in themselves. When I explain that I cannot sustain the level of value I'm providing without some value being provided in return, they generally don't see that as their problem.

How do you prevent this?

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