Plain Quote

The strength of your relationships determines the strength of your influence - Dale Carnegie
At its core, this means you can't have real, lasting influence without first having real, trusting relationships. Period.

Wise advice on plain

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you - Dale Carnegie
It's a simple but profound shift: stop trying to be interesting and start being interested. Genuine curiosity about others is the ultimate business accelerator.