Networking Quotes

• The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

  Bill Gates

  Business, Technology, Squares

  1999 Business@the Speed of Thought (co-written with Collins Hemingway).

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• It's not about finding great people, it's about becoming a great person

  Mark Yarnell

  Mlm, People, Marketing

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• Networking is simply the cultivating of mutually beneficial, give and take, win-win relationships. It works best, however, when emphasizing the "give" part.

  Bob Burg

  Relationship, Winning, Giving

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• Connecting expands possibilities - in work and in life - for ourselves as well as for others.

  Adele Scheele

  Possibility, Wells, Connecting

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• You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Best Friend, Cute

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• Networking is the No. 1 unwritten rule of success in business.

  Sallie Krawcheck

  Business Success, Unwritten Rules, Unwritten

  "Women: How to Thrive in Financial Services" by Skiddy von Stade, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2013.

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• Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Friendship, Best Friend, Meeting New People

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• First, you have to be visible in the community. You have to get out there and connect with people. It's not called net-sitting or net-eating. It's called networking. You have to work at it.

  Ivan Misner

  People, Community, Sitting

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• Networking that matters is helping people achieve their goals.

  Seth Godin

  People, Goal, Matter

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

  Keith Ferrazzi

  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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• The true value of networking doesn't come from how many people we can meet but rather how many people we can introduce to others.

  Simon Sinek

  People, Introducing, True Value

  Twitter post from Oct 24, 2013

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• Networking is marketing. Marketing yourself, marketing your uniqueness, marketing what you stand for.

  Christine Comaford-Lynch

  Business, Marketing, Uniqueness

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• Networking is not about hunting. It is about farming. It's about cultivating relationships. Don't engage in 'premature solicitation'. You'll be a better networker if you remember that.

  Ivan Misner

  Hunting, Social Media, Remember

  Ivan Misner, Hazel Walker, Frank De Raffelle Jr (2012). “Business Networking and Sex: Not What You Think”, p.108, Entrepreneur Press

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• What makes networking work is that it sets up win-win situations in which all parties involved get to take something home. Networking is a sharing process. Until you understand that, you won't have much of a network.

  Earl G. Graves, Sr.

  Party, Home, Winning

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• Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people... or find a different room. In professional circles it's called networking. In organizations it's called team building. And in life it's called family, friends, and community. We are all gifts to each other, and my own growth as a leader has shown me again and again that the most rewarding experiences come from my relationships.

  Michael Dell

  Graduation, Team, Memorable

  Michael Dell's commencement address to University of Texas at Austin, www.graduationwisdom.com. May 2003.

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• Networking is more about farming than it is about hunting.

  Ivan Misner

  Hunting, Farming

  "MLMs in BNI". "BNI Podcast" with Priscilla Rice, www.bnipodcast.com. July 27, 2011.

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• I remember thinking to myself that I missed the fun and excitement after leaving the corporate world to work at home. Seek camaraderie through networking. Schedule time for it; if you don't, you'll never make it.

  Ryan Blair

  Fun, Home, Thinking

  "From Gangster to Guru for Ryan Blair". Interview with Deborah Jeanne Sergeant, homebusinessmag.com. December 9, 2015.

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• The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom.

  Jon Stewart

  World, Internet Users, Classroom

  "Reinventing Television". Interview with Thomas Gotez, www.wired.com. September 1, 2005.

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• Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking; you can't buy friendships.

  Lindsay Fox

  Keys, Good Business, Personal Relationships

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• Networking is an essential part of building wealth.

  Armstrong Williams

  Essentials, Building Wealth, Prosperity

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• I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.

  Madeleine Albright

  Men, Thinking, Making Friends

  "Madeleine Albright on Barriers Broken and Barriers that Remain". The Wall Street Journal, www.wsj.com. May 07, 2012.

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• One of the challenges in networking is everybody thinks it's making cold calls to strangers. Actually, it's the people who already have strong trust relationships with you, who know you're dedicated, smart, a team player, who can help you.

  Reid Hoffman

  Strong, Smart, Team

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• Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking.

  Susan RoAne

  Communication, Power, People

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• Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

  Susan RoAne

  Power, Social Network, Entitlement

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• I get excited about what the Holy Spirit is doing now through all the people he is refining and raising up all over this planet. I love connections and relationship and networking but it must be led by the Spirit.

  Daniel Smith

  Relationship, People, Connections

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