Never Eat Alone es un libro de Keith Ferrazzi que compré hace un tiempo en Amazon -básicamente por admiración a su autor- y ha resultado ser de los más reveladores que he leído. Lo estoy releyendo por enésima vez y creo que vale la pena compartir contigo alguno de los fragmentos que tengo marcados. Ahí va el primero 
Before my eyes, I saw proof that success breeds success and, indeed, the rich ”do” get richer. Their web of friends and associates was the most potent club the people I caddied for had in their bags. Poverty, I realized, wasn’t only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.
I came to believe that in some very specific ways life, like golf, is a game, and that the people who know the rules, and know them well, play it best and succeed. And the rule in life that has unprecedented power is that the individual who knows the right people, for the right reasons, and utilizes the power of these relationships, can become a member of the “club”, whether he started out as a caddy or not.
This realization came with some empowering implications, To achieve your goals in life, I realized, it matters less how smart you are, how much innate talent you’re born with, or even, most eye-opening to me, where you came from and how much you started out with. Sure all these are important, but they mean little if you don’t understand one thing: You can’t get there alone. In fact, you can’t get very far at all.
Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone. Chapter One.
Para concluir, te dejo con otra cita en la misma línea, ésta de George Burton Adams:
There is no such thing as a “self-made” man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.
George Burton Adams
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