Trust me. In a very short time, you will become sought out by those in your network. Initially for your sound advice, but soon after as a provider of service. Few people seek advice about a subject that doesn’t require a solution.

You’ve got to be driven to become successful.

Most men have professions, yet few act like professionals.

I was so sure that I knew what they needed and what I wanted to sell them that I never stopped long enough to find out what it was they wanted to buy.

It is your duty to save these prospects from that disappointment. Every potential customer, who misses out on what you have to offer, due to your lack of zeal or passion, every prospect who ends up with an excuse of an alternative from your lacklustre competition, should rest heavy on your conscience.

What is the true cost of a purchasing decision that goes wrong?

Narcissism is as profitable to a model as scruffiness is to a homeless person.

The most amazing speeches are a mix of fear, expertise, and practice.

I will not let those, who cannot recognise how I can be of service, dissuade me from showing them how I can help.

Of course, in television's presentation of the 'news of the day,' we may see the Now...This' mode of discourse in it's boldest and most embarrassing form. For there, we are presented not only with fragmented news but news without context, without consequences, without value, and therefore without essential seriousness; that is to say, news as pure entertainment.