Nicole Richie Quotes

You must develop personal contacts if you want to be successful.

A talented executive would be somebody who knows how to surround themselves with a lot of people that will make him look good. You could say that about a politician or you could say that about a head of a major corporation or what have you. The people you surround yourself with it's very important.

You're only as good as the people you have around you.

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

I've learned, like with anything else, business is only as good as your connections and your resources. And some of the resources that I have are the fact that I work with huge artists.

The smartest thing you can do in this business is get connected with a great agent to help you. Get connected with people who will form a family around you, or a moat.

Our relationships with people are formed by small moments - and relationships are crucial in business.

It's who you know and who can help you.

I don't have many Hollywood friends anyway; I thought with my ability I didn't need to make those kind of relationships, but maybe I should have done. Might have made my life easier!

Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.

It's definitely team work with my fashion career. The trick is to surround yourself with the best people, those whose opinions you really trust and value.

I have a great agency! It's definitely team work with my fashion career. The trick is to surround yourself with the best people, those whose opinions you really trust and value.

I have been with some great organizations, crossed paths with special people, and made numerous lasting relationships.

There's a lot of 'who you know' in this business, and I don't think I skipped a step on the journey.

When beginning your entrepreneurial journey, acknowledge that you become a product of the five people you spend the most time with. So choose your company wisely.

I think it's important when you make a record that you know you're working with the people who are going to get the best out of you.

There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this: attach yourself as much as you can to people who are abler than you and yet not so very different that you cannot understand them.

I choose to work with every single person that I work with. That ends up being the most important factor. I don't interact with people I don't like or admire. That's the key. It's like marrying.

I like the chance to work on material. Sometimes it helps to not be going into a room cold and to know people.

You don't have to know everything as long as you know people who know the things you don't

I hear a lot of young people talking about the need to network. I think that is true, and I think that building a network makes sense. But I also think that there is another way to approach it, and that is to try to make friends. Just try to make a lot of friends.

The thing that is always important to me is the relationships. I feel like until I get around with the actual people that I am going to be working with there is only so much that I can do.

My partners... taught me that in order to create wealth, I needed to pair up with people whose strengths compensated for my weaknesses.

This is a good life lesson: getting the right people into your system is the most important thing you can do.

I've been blessed to work with some good people as well as different actors. So it's a blessing to be able to have friends who... the friendships are a result of projects that you've worked on together.