What Canadians Do Instead

Personal Productivity & Time Management · 4:25

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Sarah walks into the conference room
Business cards ready, smile in bloom
Shakes a hundred hands throughout the day
Collects contacts then walks away
No follow-up calls, no coffee dates
Just LinkedIn adds that sit and wait
A shallow sea of names and faces
Missing all the deeper places

[Chorus]
We're networking without intent
Building bridges that just bend
Staying safe in comfort zones
Missing calls on ringing phones
Ask for help? Oh no, not me
That feels too transactional, you see
We're the friendly northern way
But opportunity slips away

[Verse 2]
Mark's got contacts coast to coast
Numbers that he loves to boast
Thousand followers on his feed
But when he's got a pressing need
Nobody picks up when he calls
'Cause he never built real walls
Of trust and value, give and take
Just surface bonds that easily break

[Chorus]
We're networking without intent
Building bridges that just bend
Staying safe in comfort zones
Missing calls on ringing phones
Ask for help? Oh no, not me
That feels too transactional, you see
We're the friendly northern way
But opportunity slips away

[Bridge]
Coffee with the same old crew
Talking 'bout the same old view
While the leaders eat upstairs
We're too polite to climb their stairs
"Don't want to seem too pushy now"
But being humble blocks somehow
The connections that could lift us high
We wave those chances goodbye

[Verse 3]
Lisa knows she needs a mentor
Someone at the power center
But she sticks with peers her level
Scared to seem like she's dishevel
Ed her humble, modest way
Comfort zone's where she will stay
Missing wisdom from above
Trading growth for what feels love

[Chorus]
We're networking without intent
Building bridges that just bend
Staying safe in comfort zones
Missing calls on ringing phones
Ask for help? Oh no, not me
That feels too transactional, you see
We're the friendly northern way
But opportunity slips away

[Outro]
Time to change our northern song
Build connections deep and strong
Reach up high and ask with pride
Let success be our guide

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