Truly successful individuals create both immediate and long-lasting influence attracting others to them.

Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interests first.

How far can you push a rope? Not very far. That's why true influencers don't push.

Exposure plus 95 cents might buy you a decent cup of coffee. The key is to 'position' yourself in your market as the expert, the resource, the only person your prospect would ever even THINK of doing business with, or referring to others.

Sometimes the most influential thing we can do is listen.

Unless you are able to influence the way others think and act, your chances for success are limited.

By a network I don't necessarily mean your customers or clients. I mean a network of people who know you, like you, and trust you. They might never buy a thing from you, but they've always got you in the backs of their minds. They're people who are personally invested in seeing you succeed... They're your army of personal walking ambassadors.