Quotes from Carmine Gallo

STORIES ARE JUST DATA WITH A SOUL

It's just about being you and being cool with that. And I think when you're authentic, you end up following your heart, and you put yourself in places and situations and conversations that you love and that you enjoy. You meet people that you like talking to. You go places you've dreamt about. And you end up following your heart and feeling very fulfilled.

Great leaders have an air of confidence," he replied. "Subordinates need to look up to somebody who is still standing strong, like an oak, regardless of events around them.

I don't think of work as work and play as play. It's all living. —SIR RICHARD BRANSON

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

Over time culture turns into an incredible competitive advantage that no one can take away from you," Herrera told me. "If your service is any good at all, people will try to duplicate it. But a great culture is practically impossible to duplicate unless you have the same great people.

Jobs and Wozniak shared a common vision - to build a computer everyone could afford and use.

Great communicators reach your head and touch your heart.

Seven principles that drive Steve Jobs - 1. Career - Do what you love 2. Vision - Put a dent in the Universe 3. Thoughts - Kick start your brain 4. Customers - Sell dreams, not products 5. Design - Say no to 1,000 things 6. Experience - Create insanely great experiences 7. Story - Master the message

He wanted to appear bigger than he was because in his own mind, he already was.

You must trust that, by following your curiosity, the pieces will ultimately fit.

Vision begins with you.

According to Tufte, "By leaving out the narrative between the points, the bullet outline ignores and conceals the causal assumptions and analytic structure of the reasoning." A list of bullet points is a presenter's way of compressing language into brief phrases. Bulleted outlines "might be useful now and then," Tufte writes, "but sentences with subjects and verbs are usually better.

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.

Vision must be present for creativity to flourish.

In his own mind he had already achieved success in America. Now he had to go through the motions.

Inspiring communicators and the best TED presenters stick to one of three types of stories. The first are personal stories that relate directly to the theme of the conversation or presentation; second are stories about other people who have learned a lesson the audience can relate to; third are stories involving the success or failure of products or brands.

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,

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

Apple wants to reach your heart instead of your wallet.

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

Arrogance covers up insecurities.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' We've

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