Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

Don’t be afraid to buy three to five books at a time. Although this may end up costing you up to a couple of thousand dollars a year, think of it as an investment in your future. That two thousand dollars today could net you many hundreds of thousands of dollars tomorrow.

My node gets that call from me before she gets the call from my contact, because I do everything I can to lend my brand to that connection.

Those of us who end up with the best-stocked net have a most valuable commodity. When we are fully and totally networked, we are powerful. Alone, even with all the wisdom in the world, we are powerless: castaways adrift in an impersonal ocean. Without a network, knowledge is nearly useless.

“Mr. Stanley told me that one of the ways great merchants are differentiated from the not-so-great ones is: Don’t go just by how much the product sells. Decide if the product is right for your customers. If it isn’t, even if it’s selling well, it could be wrong for your company and hinder your ability to build a loyal brand. It’s not just about mak

For instance, there are several words or phrases I search out whenever I’m in a bookstore, including brand marketing, globalism, the new economy, partnerships, strategic alliances, the future.

receive anything in return for what you are willing to give.

Few things are more annoying in your personal or your professional life than a person who is warm one minute and cold the next. No matter the context, it hurts.

If you are a salesperson, you might look for words such as negotiation, closing, finding, clients for life, making clients happy, persuasion. An entrepreneur might seek out economy theory, macroeconomics, success stories, profit, locating capital, angel investors, raising money, business plans. A lawyer might look for negotiation skills, behavioral

We live in an age where information is more important than seniority. In Silicon Valley, where I work, you get paid for what you know, not how long you’ve been around or where you went to college. That’s good for some, bad for others. Like it or not, it’s happening all across the country, in job after job.

follow up on them. Such comments aren’t even a significant addition to the conversation. They are filler.