Harvey Mackay Quotes

Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking; you can't buy friendships.

I want to be better at staying connected.

Western business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships.

Over the years, I have developed a pretty good Rolodex.

With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town.

I meet with people in the industry on an ongoing basis.

The time to build a network is always before you need one.

I love keeping a connection with everyone I've worked with.

It used to be the case, like you'd switch jobs, and then maybe you wouldn't keep in touch with all the people that you knew from that old job, just because it was too hard. But one of the things that Facebook does is it makes it really easy to just stay in touch with all these people.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

We really spend a lot of time on building relationships. And so when everyone is like, 'How do you break so many stories?' it's because I build relationships. I do it the old-fashioned way, and I build sourcing relationships, and then I take advantage of those relationships over time.

One of the advantages of my profession is I come into contact with many people.

Networking is an essential part of building wealth.

You must develop personal contacts if you want to be successful.

I met one of my best resources because I cold-called the local FBI office one day early in my career with questions. The agent who took the call knew someone who knew someone who was ex-Army, trained in personal protection. The resulting introduction was one of the best, most enduring friendships I've ever enjoyed.

Many, if not most, career opportunities come to you through people you know. So the more people you know, the more opportunities you have. Improving your social network is a great example of a system for moving from lower odds to better odds without having a specific goal.

All I do is talk to people, email people, take meetings with people, and do interviews. Then I work at maintaining relationships with my investors because the trust people place in me is my business model.

The ability to network successfully can be one of the greatest assets in business. It allows some people to find incredible opportunities, while others just watch from the sidelines.

Professional people build relationships by doing the work together.

When it comes to nurturing professional relationships and developing a community, LinkedIn is one of the best resources.

In any field, people want to work with those who they know and trust. It's the same in the Hindi film industry.

Networking is all about connecting with people. But then again, isn't that what life is about? The more time you can find to get out of the office and build true friendships, the farther your startup will go. Entrepreneurs need to remember to spend as much time working on their business as they do in their business.

I make it a priority to keep in touch with people with whom I've worked in the past. And I'm fortunate, because I've worked with some terrific folks.

Some of the most lasting contacts and friendships that I have developed began by just grabbing a drink or breaking bread with a stranger at an industry event.

My barometer for choosing a board member is this: regardless of the business, can I make a lifelong friend?