Understanding the nuances of your network versus your contact database may change you forever. It is imperative of you as a business leader that you fully understand the difference between a contact database and your network. Get this wrong and its like running with only one shoe - you can do it but it makes things a lot harder. Seeding, nurturing, and harvesting a network will provide you and your business with a lot more horsepower then simply building a database of your contacts. Full disclosure, I am a Malcolm Gladwell "connector" and have been for about eight years. Truth is, I had always been good at keeping a contact database up to date as I moved through my life and changed jobs. But I did not fully realize the power of a network until that point all those years ago. Your contact database is just that - a structured collection of information that you can access for a variety of reasons. Most of us use the contact database to call people, or email them, maybe send a text message. Some of you may have this database tied to an email service so that we can send out large bulk messages. Regardless …