It’s strange how the more I like a book, the less I want to say about it. I really liked Keith Ferrazzi’s Never Eat Alone. It’s all about networking and helping other people. It’s a book I’ll need to revisit over and over, so that I can internalize its lessons.

I’m just going to list some quotes.

I learned that real networking was about finding ways to make other people more successful. It was about working hard to give more that you get.

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.

Selling is, reduced to its essence, solving another person’s problems.

When it comes to making an impression, differentiation is the name of the game. Confound expectation. Shake it up. How? There’s one guaranteed way to stand out in the professional world: Be yourself. I believe that vulnerability — yes, vulnerability — is one of the most underappreciated assets in business today.

For one, I had to begin the journey to change my leadership style. It wasn’t enough to get things done. You had to get things done and make the people around you feel involved, and not just part of the process but part of the leadership.