John David Mann Quotes

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Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.

John David Mann
Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them.

John David Mann
What is so interesting about giving is not only that it pays, but that it pays in such unexpected ways. When you live with generosity, blessings come to you from corners and avenues you never would have expected.

John David Mann
By a network I don't necessarily mean your customers or clients. I mean a network of people who know you, like you, and trust you. They might never buy a thing from you, but they've always got you in the backs of their minds. They're people who are personally invested in seeing you succeed... They're your army of personal walking ambassadors.

John David Mann
Position yourself as a
center of influence, the one
who knows the movers and
shakers. People will
respond to that, and you'll
soon become what you
project.

John David Mann
Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving. Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were.

John David Mann
What you have to give, you offer least of all through what you say; in greater part through what you do; but in greatest part through who you are.

John David Mann
It isn't just what you know, and it isn't just who you know. It's actually who you know, who knows you, and what you do for a living.

John David Mann
Your compensation is directly proportional to how many lives you touch.

John David Mann
Go looking for conflict, and you'll find it. Go looking for people to take advantage of you, and they generally will. See the world as a dog-eat-dog place, and you'll always find a bigger dog looking at you as if you're his next meal. Go looking for the best in people, and you'll be amazed at how much talent, ingenuity, empathy, and good will you'll find. Ultimately, the world treats you more or less the way you expect to be treated.

John David Mann
Develop a reputation as a person who, rather than talking a good game, actually plays a good game.

John David Mann
I like to define networking as cultivating mutually beneficial, give-and-take, win-win relationships... The end result may be to develop a large and diverse group of people who will gladly and continually refer a lot of business to us, while we do the same for them.

John David Mann
Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interests first.

John David Mann
Unless you are able to influence the way others think and act, your chances for success are limited.

John David Mann
It's not better to give than to receive. It's insane to try to give and not receive.

John David Mann