Keith Ferrazzi

connecting. It’s a constant process of giving and receiving — of asking for and offering help. By putting people in contact with one another, by giving your time and expertise and sharing them freely, the pie gets bigger for everyone. This karma-tinged vision of how things work may sound naïve to those who have grown cynical of the business world. But while the power of generosity is not yet fully appreciated, or applied, in the halls of corporate America, its value in the world of networks is proven.

Johnson’s reply was cordial and short. “When convenient, I’d be happy to meet.” So I went back to his assistant with the information that Michael said he’d be happy to meet and that I was now calling to find out when. And finally, we did in fact meet.

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.

Creativity begets more creativity, money begets more money, knowledge begets more knowledge, more friends beget more friends, success begets even more success. Most important, giving begets giving.

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.

Relationships are all there is. 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

I remembered that my father and mother had told me to speak less in such situations; the less you say, the more you'll likely hear.
That's the way you learn from others.

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.

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.

BEST FRIENDS
are like Stars...
You don't always see
Them, but you know
they are always there

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.

Learning is best achieved through relationships — having the right conversations with the right people in the right context — and collaborative action.

There are three things in this world that engender deep emotional bonds between people. They are health, wealth and children.

the currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.

among the failed startups, 80 percent never managed to innovate beyond their original vision for their companies. Among the successful startups, however, two-thirds had found success by discarding whatever founding vision had gotten them funded, because trial and error had led them to a new vision of success.