Keith Ferrazzi Quotes

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• Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of…
• In business, we often say that your best customers are the customers you have now. In other words, your most successful sales leads come from…
• Success in any field, but especially in business is about working with people, not against them.
• Business is a human enterprise, driven and determined by people.
• I’ve come to believe that connecting is one of the most important business—and life—skill sets you’ll ever learn. Why? Because, flat out, people do business…
• I believe that every conversation you have is an invitation to risk revealing the real you.
• When you help someone through a health issue, positively impact someone's personal wealth, or take a sincere interest in their children, you engender life-bonding loyalty.
• At every stage of my career, I sought out the most influential people around me and asked for their help and guidance.
• You can't get there alone. In fact, you can't get very far at all.
• Our careers aren't paths so much as landscapes that are navigated. We're free agents, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs -- each with our own unique brand.
• Ultimately, everyone has to ask himself or herself how they're going to fail. We all do, you know, so let's get that out of the…
• People who instinctively establish a strong network of relationships have always created great businesses.
• We have a tendency to romanticize independence. Most business literature still views autonomy as a virtue, as though communication, teamwork, and cooperation were lesser values.
• The idea isn't to find yourself another environment for tomorrow, but to be constantly creating the environment and community you want for yourself, no matter…
• The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.
• Life is about work. Work is about life. And both are about people.
• Life is less a quest than a quilt. We find meaning, love, and prosperity through the process of stitching together our bold attempts to help…
• In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity
• Bottom Line: It's better to give before you receive. And never keep score. If your interactions are ruled by generosity, your rewards will follow suit.
• You have to envision yourself winning to win.

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