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Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz
Rating: 5.0/5 Stars
Rank: 59
The youngest partner in Deloitte Consulting's history and founder of the
consulting company Ferrazzi Greenlight, the author quickly aims in this
useful volume to distinguish his networking techniques from generic
handshakes and business cards tossed like confetti.
At conferences,
Ferrazzi practices what he calls the "deep bump" - a "fast and meaningful"
slice of intimacy that reveals his uniqueness to interlocutors and quickly
forges the kind of emotional connection through which trust, and lots of
business, can soon follow.
That bump distinguishes this book from so many
others that stress networking; writing with Fortune Small Business
editor Raz, Ferrazzi creates a real relationship with readers.
Ferrazzi
may overstate his case somewhat when he says, "People who instinctively
establish a strong network of relationships have always created great
businesses," but his clear and well-articulated steps for getting access,
getting close and staying close make for a substantial leg up. Each of 31
short chapters highlights a specific technique or concept, from "Warming
the Cold Call" and "Managing the Gatekeeper" to following up, making small
talk, "pinging" (or sending "quick, casual" greetings) and defining oneself
to the point where one's missives become "the e-mail you always read
because of who it's from." In addition to variations on the theme of hard
work, Ferrazzi offers counterintuitive perspectives that ring true:
"vulnerability... is one of the most underappreciated assets in business
today"; "too many people confuse secrecy with importance." No one will
confuse this book with its competitors.
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About the AuthorKEITH FERRAZZI is founder and CEO of the training and consulting company
Ferrazzi Greenlight and a contributor to Inc., the Wall Street
Journal, and Harvard Business Review.
Earlier in his career, he
was CMO of Deloitte Consulting and at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and CEO
of YaYa Media.
He lives in Los Angeles.
TAHL RAZ is an editor at
Fortune Small Business. He’s written for Inc.
magazine, the Jerusalem Post, the San Francisco Chronicle,
and GQ.
Raz lives in New York City.
Editorials
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Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz
![]() | | | From Booklist | | Ferrazzi grew up in rural Pennsylvania, the son of a steelworker and a
cleaning lady, yet his ability to connect with others led to a scholarship
at Yale, a Harvard MBA, and a prestigious partnership at Deloitte
Consulting... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Review | | Advance Praise for Never Eat Alone"Your network is your
net worth. This book shows you how to add to your personal bottom
line with better networking and bigger relationships. What a solid
but easy read! ... read full editorial |
![]() | | | From the Inside Flap | | Do you want to get ahead in life? Climb the ladder to personal
success? The secret, master networker Keith Ferrazzi claims, is in
reaching out to other people. As Ferrazzi discovered early in life, what
distinguishes highly... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz
![]() | | | Clearly one of the best networking books available... | | (New York City) February 22, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | While completing my MBA at NYU's Stern School of Business, I accepted a
graduate internship with Deloitte Consulting's thought-leadership group,
Deloitte Research. The group fell under the leadership of author... read full review |
![]() | | | A Must Read | | (Dallas, TX) February 25, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | Building and maintaining your network is vital to both your personal and
professional success. Because helping others achieve their goals is the
surest way to succeed in your own ambitions.
'Never Eat
Alone' is a fantastic... read full review |
![]() | | | A useful read | | (Washington State) March 22, 2005 - 3.0/5 stars | | I am not a natural networker, so I found nuggets worth having in this book.
I would recommend it to people who regard themselves as unproductively
reticent. Many of the other reviews recount the book's strengths so I
will... read full review |
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