• Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty

  • By: Harvey Mackay
  • Narrated by: Harvey Mackay
  • Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (355 ratings)

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Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty

By: Harvey Mackay
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Publisher's summary

Best-selling author Harvey Mackay reveals his techniques for the most essential tool in business - networking, the indispensable art of building contacts.

Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty is Harvey Mackay's last word on how to get what you want from the world through networking. For everyone from the sales rep facing a career-making deal to the entrepreneur in search of capital, Dig Your Well explains how meeting these needs should be no more than a few calls away.

This shrewdly practical book distills Mackay's wisdom gleaned from years of "swimming with sharks", including:

  • What kinds of networks exist
  • How to start a network and how to wring the most from it
  • The smart way to downsize your list - who to keep, who to dump
  • How to keep track of favors done and favors owed - is it my lunch or yours?
  • What you can do if you are not good at small talk

Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty is a must for anyone who wants to get ahead by reaching out.

©1997 Harvey Mackay (P)1997 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell, A Division of Random House Inc.

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Great work

This book could be read even only for the real life examples presented by Mr. MacKay. Well composed, summaries, lots of insight and practical knowledge. I think I will read the book once again to grasp as much as possible from it. Mr. MacKay is indeed a well organized speaker and author. It's a pleasure to learn from him.

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Great content

THe only downside is tha the voice of the narrator several times is not so clear

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Prepare before you get started

This book serves as wisdom obtained from a grandfather to his loving children.

I’m short of words to appreciate the well deserved work that was put in place to help some of us that saw network marketing as a game for other people not us.

Please take a close look at it and buy this book and see yourself establishing good and rewarding relationships that will be beneficial to both your business and interpersonal skills.

I hardly write review for any book, because I paid my money. It was not given to me free of charge. However, I’ve seen that I’ve been selfish not to help another learn what I’ve gained such an important book.

This book taught me that. Come get your copy and be blessed with fortune gems.

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I like it, but......

im just hoping to reach someone that can fix it, know that there is some overlapping audio at about 1 hr 4 minutes into chapter 4.
I love this book tho.

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If you didn't think networking was important....

This book is both informative and entertaining. Although I believed that networking was important before listening to this book I soon realised that my own network isn't as big as it should be. I don't have that many people that I could turn to for the illustrious 2am phone call.
I highly recommend this book to anyone. Networking can help anyone throughout their life.

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Great Book

I really enjoyed Harvey's book and have made a note to give it a listen about every 12 months. His tips and point of view on how to cultivate a cirlce of friends and associates is priceless. Harvey's reading is also very warm, much better than the average narrator.

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A little dated, but good info

Many of the anecdotes involve people many won't recognize these days, but the basic information is solid. Everyone can and should be a better networker.

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Good Ideas. Good Attitude

Mackay presents some solid ideas--and a few gems. Inspirational and motiational. It's not easy, but it's simple.

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Your network is your net worth

Wow this book was so good! I loved that it gave so many ideas for us to go network and how to keep that network.

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Insightful

I had read his first book a long time ago and still use some of the ideas in daily business life. His stories illustrate his success and his downfalls. There is a lot to learn from this book.

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