Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

  In the course of this book, Ferrazzi outlines the timeless strategies shared by the world’s most connected individuals, from Winston Churchill to Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan to the Dalai Lama. Ferrazzi distinguishes genuine relationship-building from the crude, desperate glad-handing usually associated with “networking.” He then distills his system of reaching out to people into practical, proven principles. And in the time since Never Eat Alone was published in 2005, the rise of social media and new, collaborative management styles have only made Ferrazzi’s advice more essential for anyone hoping to get ahead in business. As Ferrazzi discovered in early life, what distinguishes highly successful people from everyone else is the way they use the power of relationships—so that everyone wins.   Ferrazzi’s form of connecting to the world around him is based on generosity, helping friends connect with other friends. In Never Eat Alone, Ferrazzi lays out the specific steps—and inner mindset—he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends, and associates on his contacts list, people he has helped and who have h

Finally we have a real-world guide to how to create your own high-powered network tailored to your career goals and personal style."—Jon Miller, CEO, AOL “I’ve seen Keith Ferrazzi in action and he is a master at building relationships and networking to further the interests of an enterprise.  He’s sharing his playbook for those who want learn the secrets of this important executive art.”—Dr. Garten, Dean, Yale School of Management. Buy this book for yourself, and tomorrow go out and buy one for your kid brother!" —Tim Sanders, author of Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends and leadership coach at Yahoo! "Everyone in business knows relationships and having a network of contacts is important. Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO-designate, Siemens AG “A business boo

He lives in Los Angeles. TAHL RAZ has written for Inc. magazine, the Jerusalem Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and GQ. Raz lives in New York City. KEITH FERRAZZI is founder and CEO of the training and consulting company Ferrazzi Greenlight and a contributor to Inc., the Wall Street Journal, and Harvard

Never Eat Alone Review Amazon Customer Keith Ferrazzi’s Never Eat Alone tackles one of the most important aspects of getting ahead in the professional world today: networking. Ferrazzi’s approach, however, takes a different turn than most networking books. His emphasis on creating connections, as opposed to blindly networking just because its considered important, is informative and distinctive.Ferrazzi begins by laying out his experience with networking in the first section – but he doesn’t call it “networking.” Instea. Lance Dolan said and sometimes painfully boring passages. If you have the skills to recognize. 5 years later, I'm still recommending this book to people to read.This book is for the ambitious looking for a social edge in working their way into the successful portion of the working class. It's a blend of inspiration, motivation, pragmatic advice, and sometimes painfully boring passages. If you have the skills to recognize impertinent chapters that would bore rather than aid you, and find the juicy stuff that you know you can learn from, this book can grow your career the same way it grew my own.Good luck and ha. It is not just who you know, but who knows you Never Eat AloneAuthor: Keith FerrazziPros: powerful concepts, concrete examples, sets up a good networking frameworkCons: egocentric, some suggestions are over the topI have a good friend who lives by this book. Keith is a master networker and he opens up and shares his experiences and knowledge with the world. Many of these experiences are insightful and illustrate the principles Keith is teaching. However Keith also enjoys showing off and some passages end up focused on his accomplishment rather than networking pri