[Connecting is] a constant process of giving and receiving -- of asking for and receiving help. - Keith Ferrazzi

the book Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, my old friend Tony Tjan and his coauthors studied people they called “Luck Dominant,” and found that 86 percent of them credited their success to “being open to new things and people.

Be sincere - the surest was to become special in other's eyes is to make them feel special

You’ve got to create a community of colleagues and friends before you need it. Others around you are far more likely to