Click: Ten Truths for Building Extraordinary Relationships

by George C. Fraser

One of America’s foremost authorities on networking reveals how you can connect with other people to realize business and life goals
Personal growth guru Stephen Covey calls George Fraser a “masterful teacher.” TV host and journalist Tony Brown calls him a “visionary with the rare combination of leadership and management skills.” And each year, tens of thousands of people attend his seminars and conferences to learn how to move beyond networking and start truly connecting to take their relationships to the next level. Fraser shares the insider secrets that will help you to tap into the richest resource on the planet―other people―to achieve goals and share your talents in business and in life.

Genres: Psychology, Business, Nonfiction, Relationships, Personal Development, Social, Communication

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 17, 2007

Reviews

[Sean Goh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book filled with examples demonstrating the power of the principles enclosed and expounded upon.

Set boundaries, be open.

No matter how bruised you are, your value is undiminished.

You cannot control what thoughts enter your head, but you can control what words leave your mouth.

Let curiosity and compassion guide your conversation.

It is not what name you call me. It is what name I answer to.

Love, not time, heals all wounds.

Keep your words soft and tender, you may have to eat them one day.

Trust yourself first.

Let our guard down so life/God can shower us with goodness.

Trusting is faith that things will work out. And if they don't, usually it is a blessing in disguise.
Sunrise faith - as you have faith that the sun will rise tomorrow.

Trust first, distrust has to be earned.

[Jasmine Smith · Rating 1 out of 5]

Clearly this book doesn’t age well. I am surprised that there were so many reviews gushing about how good this book is.
It felt like Fraser wrote the book so that he could talk about how amazing he is. Also, how can any of his friends still be friends with him after reading this? He spends the whole book telling you to only be friends with people of use. And only help people so that they will help you in the future.
He also clearly wrote this with a boys club mentality. Women were written about based on their looks whilst the men on their other attributes.
I would not waste your time reading this book. The only reason why I did was for book club.
As there should always be something positive to say, there was a skeleton of some good ideas in their, you just have to get past the contradictory, ego stroking writing to find it.

[Adrienna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best networking, business-minded books I have ever read and love many of the quotes he says in this book...and added one of the quotes to my signature in my email. People keep asking me, where did you get that quote, from this book. "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and small minds discuss people"

[Jahi "Providence" · Rating 3 out of 5]

Saw George Fraser speak live in Toronto, CA at a NSBE National Convention. Inspiring and thoughtful! A key quote in the book reads something like, "Your success depends directly on how many people you ask for help."

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am not finished with this book but so far so good.

[Debbie Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a soon-to-be published author, I have been intimidated by the concept and need of networking. This book changed my perspective on networking entirely. "Network with the goal of saying, 'I'm going to give something in this relationship.' The goal of all networking is to find a human connection and then add value." The author also points out the need to add value to our relationships when he says, "...the more technologically connected we become, the more disconnected we are as people." So true! Learning to view networking as an opportunity to bring something of value to the lives of people I know or have just met gives me both a new motivation and new understanding of why I need to make this an important part of my mission as an author.

[Zhijing Jin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Several important factors for building a relationship:
1. Chemistry (sharing similar habits and emotions)
2. Aligned values
3. Time together

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Some quotes that I really like:

- Mindset: I want to add value to every person and situation I encounter. How can I use my talent, connections, and resources to enhance this person's business and/or life?

- The best relationship is that, I share with you, you share with me, and together we create something wonderful for everybody.

[Tarek Sabry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Random pick from the public library. I’m pretty pleased with reading it. Good warmup for my next reads. Great content but I’m not fascinated by the structure.

[Tate Orton · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25/5

[Adra · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you think you understand networking and what it's truly all about, most likely, you probably don't and will not until you read this book. Fraser in his latest contribution to the literary world indicates that accomplishing your goals as a business person goes beyond trying to build a company or corporation simply to become rich. Indicating that his network, FraserNet connects with over 35,000 people, George states that in order for one to become successful in business that he must go beyond thinking about how they and they alone will benefit. Click provides ten effective principles that not only provide astounding advice on how to build solid lasting networking relationships it also provides advice on personal character building. From learning how important it is to give one your undivided attention by fully listening as it pertains to business, to understanding how to address or talk to someone while under stress, Click is a guide that requires one to mentally stretch, and think beyond their rounds. This book is not just another guide that teaches one how to be a temporary entrepreneur. Click provides the advice that promotes one to balance as a human so that both business, and networking synchronize for the greater goal of permanent success.

[Ooi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought i know a lot about relationship(love / business) untill i read this book. It talks about how to evaluate a relationship, when do we need to park the relationship, how to end it when it is required.

It stated that distrust must be earned instead of what we know traditionally that trust must be earn.
-trusting is a faith that things will work out. If they dont it is usually a blessing in disguise.- either way, we wins

Great book!

[Tatiana · Rating 3 out of 5]

As an introvert, I've never perceived networking to ba a skill of mine. This book talks about connecting with people while being yourself. I can get with that. I thought the suggestions he made were valid, helpful even, but I found after a while that I lost interest in the book. By the end, I had to force myself to finish it.

[A · Rating 3 out of 5]

(skimmed) A few good points, not very info-dense.

[Andrew T. Carr · Rating 4 out of 5]

George has done it again. Must read.