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- Author: Ferrazzi, Keith
Highlights
Go on a Learning Safari: Everyone has something to teach. Everyone has something to learn. Take an intellectual, spiritual, and creative journey. — location: 89
Summit Series isn’t about networking; it’s about building lifelong friends. The people around you are amazing. Get to know them. — location: 90
Have Fun: If it’s not fun, it doesn’t count. — location: 94
SUCCESS IN LIFE = (THE PEOPLE YOU MEET) + (WHAT YOU CREATE TOGETHER). — location: 109
We are the people we interact with. — location: 111
Today’s most valuable currency is social capital, defined as the information, expertise, trust, and total value that exist in the relationships you have and social networks to which you belong. — location: 106
Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone. —Margaret Wheatley — location: 149
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. — location: 178
Success in any field, but especially in business, is about working with people, not against them. — location: 205
Business is a human enterprise, driven and determined by people. — location: 206
profound lesson about the power of generosity. When you help others, they often help you. — location: 202
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. — location: 243
There is no such thing as a “self-made” man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success. —George Burton Adams — location: 305
The more people who have access, and use it, the more valuable the network becomes. — location: 340
What has become clear is that we’re not just connected to others. We are the very product of the people and networks to which we are connected. Who you know determines who you are—how you feel, how you act, and what you achieve. — location: 359
In other words, the currency of real networking is not greed but generosity. — location: 413
Bottom line: It’s better to give before you receive. And never keep score. If your interactions are ruled by generosity, your rewards will follow suit. — location: 426
Remember, it’s easier to get ahead in the world when those below you are happy to help you get ahead, rather than hoping for your downfall. — location: 429
Give your time, money, and expertise to your growing community of friends. — location: 434
The more specific you are about what you want to do, the easier it becomes to develop a strategy to accomplish it. — location: 444
Part of that strategy, of course, is establishing relationships with the people in your universe who can help you get where you’re going. — location: 445