Keith Ferrazzi Quotes

• 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 yourself.

  Keith Ferrazzi

  People, Empowerment, Poverty

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.16, Crown Business

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• The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.

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  Positive, Real, Generosity

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.32, Crown Business

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• Life is about work. Work is about life. And both are about people.

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  People, Life Is

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.361, Crown Business

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• 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.

  Keith Ferrazzi

  Generosity, Giving, Lines

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.33, Crown Business

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• Power, today, comes from sharing information, not withholding it.

  Keith Ferrazzi

  Information, Today, Sharing Information

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.160, Crown Business

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• People who instinctively establish a strong network of relationships have always created great businesses.

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  Strong, People, Great Business

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.18, Crown Business

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• In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity

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  Greatness, Risk, Mediocrity

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• 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 with people they know and like. Careers—in every imaginable field—work the same

  Keith Ferrazzi

  Believe, Skills, Careers

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.19, Crown Business

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• You have to envision yourself winning to win.

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  Winning

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.90, Crown Business

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• To build authentic relationships you need to lead with generosity & serve them first

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  Generosity, Needs, Firsts

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• I’ll sum up the key to success in one word: generosity.

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  Keys, Generosity, Key To Success

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.25, Crown Business

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• Success in any field, but especially in business is about working with people, not against them.

  Keith Ferrazzi

  People, Fields

  Twitter post from Mar 07, 2017

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• 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 the selling you've already done.

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  Business, Successful, Done

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2005). “Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.46, Crown Business

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• When we are truly passionate about something we are contagious.

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  Passionate, Contagious

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• People do business with people they know and like

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  People, Knows

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.19, Crown Business

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• 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.

  Keith Ferrazzi

  Loyalty, Children, Impact

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.177, Crown Business

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• Match your goals with the people who can make them happen and start building the relationships

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  People, Goal, Building

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• Human ambitions are like Japanese carp; they grow proportional to the size of their environment. Our achievements grow according to the size of our dreams and the degree to which we are in touch with our mission.

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  Dream, Ambition, Achievement

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.39, Crown Business

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• 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 what may occur.

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  Ideas, Creating, Community

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• I believe that every conversation you have is an invitation to risk revealing the real you.

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  Real, Believe, Risk

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.162, Crown Business

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• 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 way. The choice isn't between success and failure; it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity.

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  Greatness, Choices, Risk

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.61, Crown Business

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• 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 others find their own way in their lives. The relationships we weave become an exquisite and endless pattern.

  Keith Ferrazzi

  Quilts, Helping Others, Together

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.357, Crown Business

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• You won't build relationships unless you let your guard down

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• You can't get there alone. In fact, you can't get very far at all.

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  Facts

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.16, Crown Business

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• Business is a human enterprise, driven and determined by people.

  Keith Ferrazzi

  People, Determined, Driven

  Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.17, Crown Business

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