Carmine Gallo Quotes

The most popular TED speakers give presentations that stand out in a sea of ideas. As Daniel Pink notes in To Sell Is Human, "Like it or not, we're all in sales now."4 If you've been invited to give a TED talk, this book is your bible. If you haven't been invited to give a TED talk and have no intention of doing so, this book is still among the most valuable books you'll ever read because it will teach you how to sell yourself and your ideas more persuasively than you've ever imagined. It will teach you how to incorporate the elements that all inspiring presentations share, and it will show you how to reimagine the way you see yourself as a leader and a communicator. Remember, if you can't inspire anyone else with your ideas, it won't matter how great those ideas are. Ideas are only as good as the actions that follow the communication of those ideas.

Successful organizations and companies share the stage with their best storytellers. Brands are a collection of narratives. Unleash your best stories.

Passion fuels the rocket; vision directs the rocket to its ultimate destination.

The most important component to the Apple experience is that the staff isn't focused on selling stuff. It's focused on building relationships and trying to make people's lives better.

Andy Hertzfeld, an original member of the Apple team and now an engineer at Google, once said that what Jobs taught him was to "follow your heart" and only great work comes out of doing what you adore.

Steve Jobs had been known to ask: What are you passionate about in your life? "If this is just a job to you, it's the wrong place,

is willing to hire people based 10 percent on their knowledge and 90 percent on their personality,

In writing and speaking, three is more satisfying than any other number.

I'm a learning machine and this is the place to learn.

Leaders are fascinated by the future. You are a leader if, and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress, and deeply dissatisfied with the status quo." He

The goal is not to impress customers with knowledge. The goal is to leave customers feeling special and to enrich their lives.

Every 'no' means you're one step closer to 'yes.

The only way to have a great career, says Smith, is to do what you love.

It's been said that success doesn't lead to happiness; happiness creates success.

In Mastery author Robert Greene argues that we all have the ability to push the limits of human potential.

novelty is the single most effective way to capture a person's attention.

Guy Kawasaki, "The essence of evangelism is to passionately show people how you can make history together. Evangelism

When you're delivering information that you don't believe in or are lying about, you manifest the same behaviors as suspects in criminal or espionage cases who are lying to officers or agents." Wright's advice: believe in what you're saying (chapter 1). "If you don't believe what you're saying, your movements will be awkward and not natural. No amount of training - unless you're a trained espionage agent or psychopath - will allow you to break that incongruence between your words and actions. If you don't believe in the message, you cannot force your body to act as though you believe in the message.

you can invite trouble if you slouch, avoid eye contact, use vague, imprecise language, and are generally sloppy in your attire.

The most exciting business ideas fit on the back of an airplane napkin.

Apple, your products are expensive and your shops a bit weird, but I love your customer service.

stories are just data with a soul.

IDEAS ARE THE CURRENCY OF the twenty-first century. Some

I spend 60 hours a week on my business but I don't work for a minute. Work is hard. But what I do - writing, speaking, researching, learning, and sharing information - is pure joy. It's what I was called to do.

As Daniel Pink notes in To Sell Is Human, "Like it or not, we're all in sales now."4

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Nothing great has ever been achieved without enthusiasm.

The biggest lesson was that if you were clear about what you wanted as leaders and then let people give it to you without tying their hands behind their backs, you got it.

Clutter forces the brain to consume energy. Create uncluttered environments instead.

Apple wants to reach your heart instead of your wallet.

Passion is the thing that will help you create the highest expression of your talent. - LARRY SMITH, TEDx, NOVEMBER 2011

Science shows that passion is contagious, literally. You cannot inspire others unless you are inspired yourself. You stand a much greater chance of persuading and inspiring your listeners if you express an enthusiastic, passionate, and meaningful connection to your topic.

Successful presentations are understandable, memorable, and emotional

Authentic happiness can only come from the long-term cultivation of wisdom, altruism, and compassion, and from the complete eradication of mental toxins, such as hatred, grasping, and ignorance.

Great public speakers know this and build presentations around one of the senses predominantly, but they incorporate at least one or two others: sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. Smell and taste are harder to incorporate

Learning is one addiction I don't mind admitting to. In fact, I celebrate it.

Your career is your business. You are its CEO. Complacency breeds failure. As the CEO of your career, you must continually improve your skills, especially the art of communication.