Quotes from Tim Sanders

Be a lovecat," I replied. "And that means: Offer your wisdom freely. Give away your address book to everyone who wants it. And always be human.

I then told him about the advantages of being a lovecat, and the three necessary steps to getting there: sharing your knowledge, sharing your network, sharing your compassion.

Reading is a source of potency, I said, so manage it like an asset. Become a walking encyclopedia of answers for anyone who has questions.

That's not how the world is run," I replied. "It's run via intangibles—knowledge, networks, and compassion.

What's a killer app? There's no standard definition, but basically it's an excellent new idea that either supersedes an existing idea or establishes a new category in its field. It soon becomes so popular that it devastates the original business model.)

I believe that the most important new trend in business is the downfall of the barracudas, sharks, and piranhas, and the ascendancy of nice, smart people—because they are what I call lovecats.

The best general definition I have ever read is in the noted philosopher and writer Milton Mayeroff's 1972 book On Caring: "Love is the selfless promotion of the growth of the other." When you are able to help others grow to become the best people they can be, you are being loving—and you, too, grow.

Uncertainty is a spiritual enemy that will siphon out your rocket fuel. It turns go-getters into giver-uppers.

you'll never get dumber by making someone else smarter.

Not only does language reflect a person's thinking, but it also reinforces a person's thinking.

Almost any negative thought pattern can be broken with thoughts of gratitude. When you "think thanks," you dial into what you have instead of what you lack. The effect is immediate—you feel positive.

You can't be hateful when you are grateful!" She's

when you conquer worry, you can "relax for easy power.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot."77

You can't be negative when you're in giving-thanks mode. You can't be jealous of others when you are filled with a sense of personal abundance. Gratitude will improve your attitude and lift the altitude at which you fly in life.

Talk long enough about what you lack, and soon the only people who will hang out with you are "lackys.

Snip off the little worries and expressions of worry" like little branches atop a tall tree.28 If you are truly worried, sharing your concerns with others is like sharing a cold to help yourself feel better. You don't feel better; you just make someone else feel worse.

Think of your promise-keeping tendency as the storage tank for your rocket fuel—your sense of confidence. When you keep your commitments, you maintain your sense of integrity and self-respect and see yourself as a person who can be trusted. This will prevent any leakage of confidence from little quit-defeats. It will also keep you from receiving negative feedback like "we can't depend on you" or "you lack execution skills.

What comes out of the mind is what you put in the mind. You must feed your mind like you feed your body.

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in its performance.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

If you can convince yourself, you can convince the other fellow,

You should be as careful about what you put into your mind as about what you put into your mouth. Your mind is a machine. When you ingest a piece of information, your mind goes to work, chewing on it, digesting it, and then converting it into a thought. When good stuff goes into your mind, good thoughts emerge. People who maintain purposeful mind diets of positive stimuli think healthy thoughts.

giving intangibles works like lighting candles. When you do it, you create more lit candles, not fewer.