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“It’s amazing how man still believes in words. For example, if you call him a fool and don’t beat him, he’ll be wretched. Call him a genius and don’t give him any money – he’ll be quite satisfied.”
Ivan Turgenev
Words
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Perception
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Ego
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Psychology
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Influence
2.
“It is sweet to be the sole source, the arbitrary and irresponsible source of the greatest joys and profoundest miseries to someone else.”
Ivan Turgenev
Power
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Emotion
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Influence
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Love
,
Control
3.
“All roads from Rousseau lead to Sade.”
Camille Paglia
Philosophy
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Rousseau
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Sade
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History
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Influence
4.
“Every man harbors an inner female territory ruled by his mother, from whom he can never entirely break free.”
Camille Paglia
Psychology
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Gender
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Family
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Identity
,
Influence
5.
“Foucault is the Cagliostro of our time.”
Camille Paglia
Foucault
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Philosophy
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Time
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Influence
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Modern
6.
“Don’t talk to me about appealing to the public. I am done with the public, for the present anyway. The public reads the headlines and that is all. The story itself is fair and shows the facts. That would be all right if the public read the facts. But it does not. It reads the headline and listens to the demagogues and that’s the stuff public opinion is made of.”
J.P. Morgan
Public
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Media
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Perception
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Influence
,
Reality
7.
“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.”
John D. Rockefeller
People
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Business
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Influence
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Success
,
Negotiation
8.
“Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.”
John D. Rockefeller
Leadership
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Guidance
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Excellence
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Influence
,
Success
9.
“The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.”
John D. Rockefeller
Dreams
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Power
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Law
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Government
,
Influence
10.
“Own nothing, control everything.”
John D. Rockefeller
Power
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Control
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Strategy
,
Influence
,
Wealth
11.
“Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.”
John D. Rockefeller
Integrity
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Leadership
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Reputation
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Honesty
,
Influence
12.
“To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!”
John D. Rockefeller
Power
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Wealth
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Influence
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Irony
,
Perception
13.
“I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.”
John D. Rockefeller
Unity
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Faith
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Influence
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Cooperation
,
Religion
14.
“If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.”
John D. Rockefeller
Identity
,
Perception
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Politics
,
Influence
,
Reputation
15.
“A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.”
Andrew Carnegie
Influence
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Communication
,
Leadership
,
Impact
,
Society
16.
“The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage – they have little competition.”
Andrew Carnegie
Service
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Success
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Generosity
,
Leadership
,
Influence
17.
“Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast.”
Andrew Carnegie
Emotion
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Connection
,
Influence
,
Communication
,
Understanding
18.
“Any idea that is held in the mind, that is either feared or revered, will begin at once to clothe itself in the most convenient and appropriate physical forms available.”
Andrew Carnegie
Mindset
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Success
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Thought
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Manifestation
,
Influence
19.
“If the newspapers begin to publish stories about wars, and the people begin to think and talk of war in their daily conversations, they soon find themselves at war. People get that which their minds dwell upon, and this applies to a group or community or a nation of people, the same as to an individual.”
Andrew Carnegie
Mindset
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Influence
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Society
,
Thought
,
Power
20.
“When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party.”
Andrew Carnegie
Success
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Business
,
Influence
,
Leadership
,
Collaboration
21.
“You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.”
Andrew Carnegie
Leadership
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Influence
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Motivation
,
Success
,
Mindset
22.
“Nothing tells in the long run like a good judgment, and no sound judgment can remain with the man whose mind is disturbed by the mercurial changes of the stock exchange. It places him under an influence akin to intoxication. What is not, he sees, and what he sees, is not.”
Andrew Carnegie
Judgment
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Stock Market
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Influence
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Wealth
,
Decision-Making
23.
“Evangelism is selling a dream.”
Guy Kawasaki
Evangelism
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Marketing
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Influence
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Persuasion
,
Inspiration
24.
“There are two types of people on social media: people who want more followers, and liars.”
Guy Kawasaki
Social Media
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Influence
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Followers
,
Reality
,
Strategy
25.
“When you enchant people, your goal is not to make money from them or to get them to do what you want, but to fill them with great delight.”
Guy Kawasaki
Enchantment
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Influence
,
Relationships
,
Success
,
Mindset
26.
“The essence of evangelism is to passionately show people how you can make history together.”
Guy Kawasaki
Evangelism
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Passion
,
Influence
,
Leadership
,
Change
27.
“The first follower is what transforms the lone nut into a leader, and in a startup, that first follower is usually a cofounder.”
Guy Kawasaki
Leadership
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Startup
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Influence
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Teamwork
,
Vision
28.
“Enchantment can be done with writing but I think enchantment is basically a prospective or an operating system for life. That you can enchant a person who is assigning your airplane seat, your hotel room, your waiter, your waitress.”
Guy Kawasaki
Enchantment
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Influence
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Kindness
,
Mindset
,
Relationships
29.
“The first 90 percent of a revolution is creating the product or service; the second 90 percent is evangelizing it. At the beginning of a revolution, you need evangelists, not sales, because leverage spreads news.”
Guy Kawasaki
Revolution
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Business
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Marketing
,
Influence
,
Growth
30.
“Enchantment is the purest form of sales.”
Guy Kawasaki
Sales
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Influence
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Charm
,
Business
,
Relationships
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