Good things come to those who initiate.

The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves.

It's not what you know or who you know, but who knows you.

Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

They say, You can't give a smile away; it always comes back. The same is true of a kind word or a conversation starter. What goes around, comes around.

Good listeners are perceived as good conversationalists.

Small talk is the biggest talk we do.

The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom you share your resources.

Be yourself' is good advice, unless you notice that people are always excusing themselves and moving away from you. In that case, try being someone else!

Conversation takes practice; the more we do it, the better we get, and the more easily we do it.

Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking.

When we all become more compassionate, there will probably be less suffering in the world.

Confidence, just like success, is self made.

Weakness of skills can be overcome with strength of will.

All that is not prose passes for poetry.

We must beware of falling into the fatally common error of supposing that what we see is all there is to see.

What we say we believe makes very little difference until we act on our belief

I was genuinely happy when I wrote that song [Training Wheels] and very in love. That's a very rare emotion to evoke out of me.

Melbourne is a fantastic place to work, but it's not the centre of the world.

bite me. oh wait, you can't from way out there." - eve

The most important thing is insight, that is to be - curious - to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.