Love Is the Killer App Quotes

“Nice, smart people succeed.”
― Tim Sanders, Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

“The best general definition I have ever read is in the noted philosopher and writer Milton Mayeroff’s 1972 book On Caring: “Love is the selfless promotion of the growth of the other.” When you are able to help others grow to become the best people they can be, you are being loving—and you, too, grow.”
― Tim Sanders, Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

“I believe that the most important new trend in business is the downfall of the barracudas, sharks, and piranhas, and the ascendancy of nice, smart people—because they are what I call lovecats.”
― Tim Sanders, Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

“(What’s a killer app? There’s no standard definition, but basically it’s an excellent new idea that either supersedes an existing idea or establishes a new category in its field. It soon becomes so popular that it devastates the original business model.)”
― Tim Sanders, Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

“That’s not how the world is run,” I replied. “It’s run via intangibles—knowledge, networks, and compassion.”
― Tim Sanders, Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

“Reading is a source of potency, I said, so manage it like an asset. Become a walking encyclopedia of answers for anyone who has questions.”
― Tim Sanders, Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

“I then told him about the advantages of being a lovecat, and the three necessary steps to getting there: sharing your knowledge, sharing your network, sharing your compassion.”
― Tim Sanders, Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

“Be a lovecat,” I replied. “And that means: Offer your wisdom freely. Give away your address book to everyone who wants it. And always be human.”
― Tim Sanders, Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends