<![CDATA[Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time]]>

false <![CDATA[Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171057012m/84699.jpg 84699 6 Do you want to get ahead in life? Climb the ladder to personal success? The secret, master networker Keith Ferrazzi claims, is in reaching out to other people. As Ferrazzi discovered early in life, what distinguishes highly successful people from everyone else is the way they use the power of relationships—so that everyone wins. In Never Eat Alone, Ferrazzi lays out the specific steps—and inner mindset—he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends, and associates on his Rolodex, people he has helped and who have helped him. The son of a small-town steelworker and a cleaning lady, Ferrazzi first used his remarkable ability to connect with others to pave the way to a scholarship at Yale, a Harvard MBA, and several top executive posts. Not yet out of his thirties, he developed a network of relationships that stretched from Washington’s corridors of power to Hollywood’s A-list, leading to him being named one of Crain’s 40 Under 40 and selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the Davos World Economic Forum. Ferrazzi's form of connecting to the world around him is based on generosity, helping friends connect with other friends. Ferrazzi distinguishes genuine relationship-building from the crude, desperate glad-handling usually associated with “networking.” He then distills his system of reaching out to people into practical, proven principles. Among them: Don’t keep score: It’s never simply about getting what you want. It’s about getting what you want and making sure that the people who are important to you get what they want, too. “Ping” constantly: The Ins and Outs of reaching out to those in your circle of contacts all the time—not just when you need something. Never eat alone: The dynamics of status are the same whether you’re working at a corporation or attending a society event— “invisibility” is a fate worse than failure. In the course of the book, Ferrazzi outlines the timeless strategies shared by the world’s most connected individuals, from Katherine Graham to Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan to the Dalai Lama. Chock full of specific advice on handling rejection, getting past gatekeepers, becoming a “conference commando,” and more, Never Eat Alone is destined to take its place alongside How to Win Friends and Influence People as an inspirational classic. 81738 22 2 2005 Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time total:593|5:156|4:215|3:164|2:51|1:7| 593 2241 1169 152 5 4 false false Sun Jul 15 21:50:33 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 13:00:05 -0700 2007 http://www.reemer.com/archives/2005/04/2...

I forget how I first came across this book, but it seemed to be one of those (like Blink, The Tipping Point, The Wisdom of Crowds, etc.) that was getting a lot of press on blogs that I read frequently. Ferrazzi has an inter...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 19 20:50:40 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 12:19:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 27 21:29:57 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 22:15:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Jan 19 22:28:37 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 21 01:00:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 20:36:43 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 20:46:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 22 21:00:59 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 21:01:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Aug 03 09:15:45 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 09:16:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 16:09:48 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 16:26:06 -0700 2009 The Simple Dollar is wicked obsessed with this book, and I can see why. Keith Ferrazzi is an exciting, high-energy writer, and his ideas about marketing, networking, and mutual benefit are fascinating and easy to apply.

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Overall it was really good and I picked up a couple ideas of ways I can improve. The main thing I got out of the book was that relationships are really more i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 14 08:05:07 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 08:05:29 -0700 2009
So the world is about relationships. One of the major premises of this book is that everyone wants to help other people, and to get that help all we have to do is ask. Nothing in this book is earth s...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 26 09:06:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 09:10:43 -0700 2009
It definitely gave me good advice on how ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 08:38:02 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 10:39:18 -0700 2009
The standout points for me were:

1. Always bring something to the table. ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 07:55:16 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 10:37:25 -0700 2008
The author had me hooked on page 1 (paraphrasing): "I was a country boy from Pennsylvania, raised in a small, hardworking coa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 21 05:39:47 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 04 09:05:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 24 08:10:41 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 05:07:43 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 07:52:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 12:32:23 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 20:15:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Feb 02 17:23:18 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 19:11:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 07:00:27 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 11:34:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 10:03:05 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 10:08:07 -0800 2008 networking e sobre como é necessário cultivar os nossos contactos. A ideia de networking aqui apresentada não é aquela de conseguir aglomerar o maior número de contactos possíveis mas antes a procura de desenvolver um relacionamento mais pessoal e prof...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 10:32:52 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 10:35:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=84699