At every stage of my career, I sought out the most influential people around me and asked for their help and guidance.

People who instinctively establish a strong network of relationships have always created great businesses.

You can't get there alone. In fact, you can't get very far at all.

Ultimately, everyone has to ask himself or herself how they're going to fail. We all do, you know, so let's get that out of the way. The choice isn't between success and failure; it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity.

People do business with people they know and like

Life is about work. Work is about life. And both are about people.

I’ve come to believe that connecting is one of the most important business—and life—skill sets you’ll ever learn. Why? Because, flat out, people do business with people they know and like. Careers—in every imaginable field—work the same