--- title: "1 250 People Quotes By Bob Burg" description: "1 250 People quotes by Bob Burg. Plus more from Bob Burg and more 250 People sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/bob-burg-13655_inventory_think-about-it-everybody-you-know-everyo_2659723.jpg" --- > [Think about it: everybody you know, everyone that you meet, also know about 250 people. So every time you cultivate a relationship with one new person, you have actually expanded your personal inventory by 250 people - every single time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/think-about-it-everybody-you-know-everyone-that-you-meet-also-know/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/bob-burg-13655_inventory_think-about-it-everybody-you-know-everyo_2659723.jpg) ## More by Bob Burg > [The essence of influence is pull. It's an attraction. Great influencers attract people, to themselves, and to their ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/the-essence-of-influence-is-pull-it-s-an-attraction-great-influencers/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [Play the Reverse gossip game. See how many nice things you can say behind someones back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/play-the-reverse-gossip-game-see-how-many-nice-things-you-can-say/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [“who achieve great things that the world will never forget, start out by accomplishing small things that the world will never see.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/who-achieve-great-things-that-the-world-will-never-forget-start-out/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [Selling - at its core - is not a business transaction. It is first and foremost the forging of a human connection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/selling-at-its-core-is-not-a-business-transaction-it-is-first-and/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [When you sell on price, you are a commodity. When you sell on value, you are a resource.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/when-you-sell-on-price-you-are-a-commodity-when-you-sell-on-value-you/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [“I just love that. Give people something good to live up to—something great—and they usually will. In fact, often they’ll even exceed those expectations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/i-just-love-that-give-people-something-good-to-live-up-to-something/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [It isn't just what you know, and it isn't just who you know. It's actually who you know, who knows you, and what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/it-isn-t-just-what-you-know-and-it-isn-t-just-who-you-know-it-s/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [What you have to give, you offer least of all through what you say; in greater part through what you do; but in greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/what-you-have-to-give-you-offer-least-of-all-through-what-you-say-in/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [Nobody is going to buy from you because you have quota to meet. They are going to buy from you because they see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/nobody-is-going-to-buy-from-you-because-you-have-quota-to-meet-they/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [Influence is the ability to move a person to a desired action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/influence-is-the-ability-to-move-a-person-to-a-desired-action/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [Internalize the Golden Rule of sales that says: All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/internalize-the-golden-rule-of-sales-that-says-all-things-being-equal/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [Great influencers attract others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/great-influencers-attract-others/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [Truly successful individuals create both immediate and long-lasting influence attracting others to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/truly-successful-individuals-create-both-immediate-and-long-lasting/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [I like to define networking as cultivating mutually beneficial, give-and-take, win-win relationships... The end result may be to develop a large and diverse group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/i-like-to-define-networking-as-cultivating-mutually-beneficial-give/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) > [Giving is not a strategy. It's a way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-burg/giving-is-not-a-strategy-it-s-a-way-of-life/) [Bob Burg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-burg/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/250-people/bob-burg/#itemlist", "name": "1 250 People Quotes By Bob Burg", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Think about it: everybody you know, everyone that you meet, also know about 250 people. 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