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Do you want to get ahead in life?
Climb the ladder to personal success?
The secret, master networker Keith Ferrazzi claims, is in calling other people. As Ferrazzi learned early in life, what distinguishes highly successful folks from everyone else is just how they use the energy of relationships—so that everyone wins.
In Never Eat Alone, Ferrazzi lays out the precise steps—and inner mindset—he uses to attain out to connect with the a large number of colleagues, friends, and associates on his Rolodex, people he has helped and who have helped him.
The son of your small-town steelworker and a cleaning lady, Ferrazzi first used his exceptional 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, resulting in him being named one of Crain’s 40 Under 40 and selected as a worldwide Leader for Tomorrow by the Davos World Economic Forum.
Ferrazzi's form of connecting to the earth 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 calling 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 individuals who are important to you get what they need, too.
“Ping” constantly: The Ins and Outs of calling those in your circle of contacts all the time—not only when you need something.
Never eat alone: The dynamics of status will be the same whether you’re working at a corporation or attending a society event— “invisibility” is a fate worse than failure.
In the span of the book, Ferrazzi outlines the timeless strategies shared by the world’s most linked individuals, from Katherine Graham to Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan to the Dalai Lama.
Chock packed with specific advice on handling rejection, getting past gatekeepers, becoming a “conference commando,” plus more, Never Eat Alone is destined to adopt its place alongside How to Win Friends and Influence People as an inspirational classic.
