Today's Quote: Slightly Famous Difference Maker

“Few things irritate me more than when people say they’re helpless, or even indifferent, to distinguishing themselves from their peers and colleagues.  

I remember giving advice to an extremely smart young guy named Kevin, who was working at the consultancy PriceWaterhouseCoopers. In the course of our discussion, he told me he wasn't happy with what he was doing or how his career was playing out. He was, he told me, just another anonymous number cruncher with no alternatives given the staid environment there. 

“Wrong!” I told him. “You have alternatives, you’re just not creating them for yourself. You have to start taking ownership of managing your career. You have to start making an effort to change your brand from anonymous number cruncher to slightly famous difference maker.” 

Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone

Fast Company Leadership Hall of Fame

Fast Company has a Leadership Hall of Fame. Below are the authors who I admire from that list. The links take you to excerpts from their books, as well as to an interview with each author. It is good to see what they are up to and what books they would recommend you to read:

Tom Peters, In Search of Excellence

Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Seth Godin, Purple Cow

Tim Ferris, 4-Hour Workweek

Dan Heath, Made To Stick

Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone

I have to be honest here - I have not read anything by Richard Florida yet. He is on my list though. If you don't know him either, you can check what Fast Company recommends:

Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class

Enjoy!

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