Joe Polish Quotes

In a world of AI where everything is becoming easier, I don't want to lose the ability to write, the ability to not default to camouflage laziness -- which always happens with a technology that can make you more productive when it comes to the brain.

If you want word of mouth marketing, you've got to give people something worth talking about.

The people who win biggest stop competing and start building ecosystems where everyone multiplies.

There is a difference between stress and distress.

What comes naturally to you may be your greatest gift.
Your Unique Ability is what gives you energy, not what drains it.
Don't ignore the thing you're naturally drawn to.

Success traps are harder than failure traps. Your identity is tied to past wins. True character shows how you treat those with less power.

If you want to build an incredible network, send 10 handwritten postcards every single day, five days a week. This is not that hard once you get the momentum going, because it's a lot easier to maintain momentum than it is to create it.

A handwritten note can change a relationship forever.
Most people think it's a good idea. Very few actually do it.
Five genuine cards a day could completely transform your network.

Most people don't use technology; technology uses them. Most people don't use social media; they are used by it. Most people don't own the things they own; the stuff owns them.

The only thing worse than singing the wrong note is singing it louder.

Identify your current fears and threats because success hinges on overcoming both real and psychological dangers by leveraging your strengths.

If you really did an analysis of who are your best referrers, your best clients, your best friends, and you removed yourself as much as possible from the ones that are hard, annoying, lame and frustrating, and you focused your attention on the people, the activities, the strategies that are easy, lucrative and fun -- you will have plenty of time to do marketing.

Selling is what you do when you're on the phone and face to face with somebody. Marketing is what you do to get somebody on the phone or face to face with you, properly positioned, so by the time you're talking to them, they're pre-interested, pre-motivated, pre-qualified, predisposed to do business with you.

Marketing done well makes selling easy, and in some cases unnecessary.

TRUST is Rapport with Comfort