If your personal brand were at a trade show alongside several thousand others, how would you fare? Now scale that to the global economy.

Never underestimate the collective strength of your weakest connections.

The greatest irony is that people with Rolodexes are no longer LinkedIn. And if that pun doesn't make sense, don’t ask anyone in your Rolodex to explain it.

A personal brand, once local and temporal, is now global and forever. That’s the blessing and the curse of the internet with regards to your reputation.

Deciding which relationships to pursue can be difficult. Especially if you’re trying to get hired by the Magic 8 Ball factory and that little triangle thing isn't floating right.

Build a valuable brand by branding what is valuable about you.

Corporate & personal branding both require storytelling to be captivating. Stories provide context, meaning & the opportunity for relationship.

The only personal branding consultant who can ever hope to have a clear understanding of you and your value can be found in the mirror.

Personal brands are determined by a track record of actions, not a track record of plans.

Soylent Green is made out of people. So is your personal network… but let’s hope its non-toxic because you drink it every day.

A personal brand is determined by what you have created, whom you have connected, and how you have made those people feel.

For every excuse that you've ever had or came up with of why you can't or couldn't, there's someone who's had that same excuse or even worse, but found a way and did

Be strong in soul.

In a heartbeat, he understands why religions are born on the sands – there is nothing here for a man but his own mind.

I try not to remember them but very often memories force themselves on my consciousness

You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.

Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away.

Children read more when they see other people reading.

There is good and there is bad in every human heart, and it is the struggle of life to conquer the bad with the good.

Haste is needful in a desperate case.