Keith Ferrazzi Quotes

Powerful content communicated in a compelling story can energize your network to help you achieve your mission.

Hi, this is Keith Ferrazzi. I’m just calling back because I haven’t heard from Michael.” Here again, without being too pushy, you begin to create the presumption that his return call is imminent and expected.

The one thing no one has figured out how to outsource is the creation of ideas.

SUCCESS IN LIFE = (THE PEOPLE YOU MEET) + (WHAT YOU CREATE TOGETHER).

Real, actionable insight mostly comes from experience, books, and other people.

The future is dynamic and not fully in your control. Celebrate that fact instead of fighting it, and life gets a lot more interesting. Keep your eyes open, be humble and generous, and save time and attention for the spontaneous, the quirky, and the left field.

This is one of my fave Quotes

1 year,
12 months,
363 days,
8760 hours,
525600minuts,
3153600 seconds,
every day,
every night,
every time,
I always miss you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.

(1) create a company-approved project that will force you to learn new skills and introduce you to new people within your company; (2) take on leadership positions in the hobbies and outside organizations that interest you; (3) join your local alumni club and spend time with people who are doing the jobs you’d like to be doing; (4) enroll in a class at a community college on a subject that relates to either the job you’re doing now or a job you see yourself doing in the future.

I’ve got the inside scoop on how the gaming industry is going to revolutionize marketing. I’ve appreciated your work for a long time now; I believe you are the right person to break this story.

Touching is a powerful act

The e-mail I sent was simple: “Dear Michael, I’m a friend of Jane’s, and she suggested I talk with you … Jane thinks we should know each other.” If I had had something specific to discuss, I would have put it right up front, but the best value proposition I had was the mutual friend who felt this would be a win-win. It’s sometimes effective to utilize several forms of communication when trying to reach an important new contact. An e-mail, letter, fax, or postcard often has a better chance of landing directly in the hands of the person you’re trying to reach.

Group meetings and one-on-ones using a tool like Google Hangouts, WebEx, or Skype can make you feel almost like you’re in a room together, once you get comfortable using them.

Also try to create your own “schtick,” for lack of a better word — a content brand defined by that thing you do that no one else does. For example, there’s a guy named Noah Scalin whose project was to make a “Skull-A-Day” and post pictures of them all at skulladay.blogpost.com. He committed to doing it for a full year.

Over time, I came to see reaching out to people as a way to make a difference in people’s lives as well as a way to explore and learn and enrich my own; it became the conscious construction of my life’s path.