Keith Ferrazzi Quotes

Creativity in business is often nothing more than making connections that everyone else has almost thought of. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.

We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others’ activities. For this reason, it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others. — the Dalai Lama

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

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.

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

I learned that real networking was about finding ways to make other people more successful. It was about working hard to give more than you get.

The strongest leaders are those who are lifelong students.”4

GENEROSITY + VULNERABILITY + ACCOUNTABILITY + CANDOR = TRUST

Living a connected life leads one to take a different view. 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.

That isn’t always enough. I had written a piece for the Wall Street Journal’s weekly column called the Manager’s Journal. The editor liked the piece but kept pushing it back so he could publish other pieces that were timelier. So I began to rewrite the intros to my piece each week to relate to something that was in the news at the time. In short order, the article finally saw the light of day.

Indeed, in addition to its lessons of thrift, industry, and prudence, Franklin's autobiography tells us every man should be part of a social group, if not three. He believed that a group of like-minded, achievement-oriented individuals could dramatically leverage each other's success to do things otherwise impossible.

Create a story about your company and the ideas it embodies that readers will care about.

People used to say there were only six degrees of separation between anyone in the world. A 2011 study of 720 million Facebook users determined the true magic number to be 4.74. LinkedIn’s system is built on three degrees of separation. Whichever way you slice it, we’re all only a couple of mouse clicks away.

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.

Pick the three most interesting points about your story and make them fast, make them colorful, and make them catchy.