Dorie Clark > Quotes

“The process of learning someone’s hometown, college, names and ages of children, favorite hobbies, favorite restaurants, previous jobs, and long-range goals provides a raft of opportunities to connect with her over shared interests and keep up a dialogue.”
― Dorie Clark, Reinventing You

“For any meaningful business transaction, trust—built up over time—is the essential ingredient.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out Networking: A Simple and Authentic Way to Meet People on Your Own Terms

“In today’s competitive economy, it’s not enough to simply do your job well. Developing a reputation as an expert in your field attracts people who want to hire you, do business with you and your company, and spread your ideas. It’s the ultimate form of career insurance.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It

“Instead, think of networking as an opportunity to meet people you’ll want to talk to and learn from professionally.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out Networking: A Simple and Authentic Way to Meet People on Your Own Terms

“extreme stress hinders the expansive, associative thinking needed for creative insight (and can lead to burnout over time).”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It

“Finally, it’s about connecting those followers with one another, magnifying the power of your idea and ensuring that it’s talked about even when you’re not in the room. That’s when you’ve built a movement.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It

“Too often, we forget that our professional lives can, and should, be joyful.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It

“Interviews are the best way to meet people who you care about and who you want to meet.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out Networking: A Simple and Authentic Way to Meet People on Your Own Terms

“Lucky people have an openness, an authenticity, and a generosity toward embracing people—without overthinking ‘what’s the value exchange’? It’s just, that’s an interesting person”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out Networking: A Simple and Authentic Way to Meet People on Your Own Terms

“Meanwhile, “safe” jobs, predicated on staying quiet and doing what’s expected of you, are fast disappearing.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It

“Valuing quantity over quality will never serve you in online relationships.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out Networking: A Simple and Authentic Way to Meet People on Your Own Terms

“I’m going to write and . . . it’s not to create ideas that are going to be collecting dust on a bookshelf, but to have an impact on the world.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It

“Sometimes you have to experiment with a lot of ideas and see which one sticks. If you’re unsure, let the market decide.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It

“When I started my first job at the Boston weekly newspaper, I thought I’d be a journalist for the rest of my life. Back in 2000, newspapers were still extremely lucrative; they were rolling in advertising revenue. The online world was such a minor consideration that our newsroom made do with only one internet-connected computer. I had signed on to the industry at the exact moment it started its inexorable collapse, but I couldn’t see it at the time. When it comes to identifying the precise tipping point of future trends, I doubt any of us can.”
― Dorie Clark, Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive

“But if you show up and get involved, put out beacons (whether it’s blog posts, starting an organization, or speaking about an issue), and are open about your challenges, you dramatically increase the odds that others will find you and value your contribution.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out Networking: A Simple and Authentic Way to Meet People on Your Own Terms

“What’s on the walls? See the trophies, the pictures, the evidence of the things they love.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out Networking: A Simple and Authentic Way to Meet People on Your Own Terms

“Learning. Study your field so you become knowledgeable.”
― Dorie Clark, The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World

“Don’t count on payment until you’ve started to establish yourself a bit.”
― Dorie Clark, Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive

“Thanks to the Internet and the ability to easily connect on social media, “The power of loose ties has expanded exponentially.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out Networking: A Simple and Authentic Way to Meet People on Your Own Terms

“Four questions can help you determine whether something is worth doing: – What is the total time commitment? – What is the opportunity cost? – What’s the physical and emotional cost? – Would I feel bad in a year if I didn’t do this?”
― Dorie Clark, The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World

“Most recognized experts achieved success not because of some special genius, but because they learned how to put disparate elements together and present ideas in a new and meaningful way.”
― Dorie Clark, Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It