DESCRIPTION
Matthews has spent a lifetime observing politicians and has gleaned wisdom and advice that are useful in politics and in life. Filled with insightful, entertaining anecdotes, this book provides a fun, lively, and thought-provoking guide to getting ahead.
Highlights
Mind (Location 22)
Dig your well before you’re thirsty. —HARVEY MACKAY (Location 939)
“It’s not what you got. It’s what you do with what you got that counts.” Especially if the other guy doesn’t got it! (Location 1499)
The beauty of such an exchange is that you have just given away something of value: the fact that you don’t like someone. Your friend, the politician, now knows something about you he didn’t know before. In return, he’s handed you nothing you can ever use. (Location 1531)
Think of Thomas Jefferson, count to ten, and say, “That’s interesting.” (Location 1587)
nothing is so smart as setting the bar low so you can vault it with style. (Location 1983)
You only get one reputation. Unless you defend it with all your might, don’t expect someone else to. (Location 2070)