Building connections may not be fruitful at first. You may get to know someone, but that does not mean you are going to achieve success. It may be months or years before this connection turns out to be beneficial to you.

Tim Ferriss talks about this sometimes - he says that when you connect with someone much more successful than yourself, you should try and touch base with them only once per 6 months or so. It can be years and years before a relationship blooms, but patience will win -- and of course, not all of these "connections" can or should go anywhere. Only a few will.