Keith Ferrazzi Quotes

Connecting your story with a known entity — be it a politician, celebrity, or famous businessperson — acts as a de facto slant. Bottom line: The media want recognizable faces in their pages.

Cuando ayudas a los demás, éstos suelen ayudarte a ti. Los adultos suelen llamar a este principio de toda la vida «reciprocidad». Yo simplemente usaba la palabra «cariño». Sentíamos cariño el uno por el otro y hacíamos cualquier cosa por ayudarnos mutuamente.

What will set you apart from everybody else is the relentlessness you bring to learning and presenting and selling your content.

Poverty, I realized, wasn’t only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people who could help you make more of yourself.

Jonah Berger, who conducted an exhaustive study of “most e-mailed” links on the New York Times website and wrote a book about the results, Contagious:

Take as little time as possible in your cold call to ensure that the next time you speak to them it’s in their office, or better yet, over some linguine and wine.

Everyone sees what you appear to be,” observed Machiavelli, “few really know what you are.

Business cycles ebb and flow; your friends and trusted associates remain.

A successful brand, then, is the promise and guarantee of a mind-shattering experience each and every time.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.” That marvelous definition drives home a very important point. Before you start writing down your goals, you’d better know what your dream is. Otherwise, you might find yourself headed for a destination you never wanted to get to in the first place.

audacity was often the only thing that separated two equally talented men and their job titles.

Wherever you are in life right now, and whatever you know, is a result of the ideas, experiences, and people you have interacted with in your life,

just want to reiterate my excitement regarding our meeting. I’ve never heard John talk so flatteringly of a business associate. I understand how busy you must be. I haven’t heard from your administrative assistant, but I’m sure I will. See you soon.

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

As William James pointed out, “The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.