Armstrong Williams Quotes

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

Women often are so focused on getting their jobs done well that they forget that building relationships is a key part of being a leader - and increasingly so, the higher you go.

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.

Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.

My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.

I don't think you can get everything based on who you know, but you can't get anything until you do know the right people.

It's really, really hard to get in rooms with people you don't usually work with and try to find common ground.

There's a lot of 'who you know' in this business, and I don't think I skipped a step on the journey.

You've got to develop relationships. You can't do things just in a formal context.

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

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

It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you.

If you don't go talk to your boss, if you don't go talk to your mentors, if you don't go talk to people who can influence where you want to be, then they don't know. And they're not mind readers.

It's who you know and who can help you.

Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.

It's really about making opportunities for yourself and connecting with people on a more-than-normal level. That opens doors. You never know if the caterer's brother is someone. You don't know who someone is having dinner with that night. So being a nice person and touching people creates opportunity.

I keep in touch with a lot of people I work with.

You have to realise that everyone that you are working with is important. It doesn't matter where you are starting from; you are always going to run back into those people, and they are going to talk, and that's going to be the base of whether you get good opportunities or not.

I don't have many Hollywood friends anyway; I thought with my ability I didn't need to make those kind of relationships, but maybe I should have done. Might have made my life easier!

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

You need fans in high places, I always tell people. I don't care how talented you are.

I have a great agency! It's definitely team work with my fashion career. The trick is to surround yourself with the best people, those whose opinions you really trust and value.

I spent over 90 percent of my time talking to people who didn’t have to listen to me.

Human relationships are at the core of political success.