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Book Brew 184: Quote Vault Part XIV

Written by Danielle Price Griffin | Aug 17, 2026, 5:45:00 PM

How often do you think about what you offer? Before you DM/call/email/text, ask yourself: am I adding value or just adding noise?

This Quote Vault collection is about the responsibility that comes with showing up in someone else's life.


“Don’t reach out to someone unless you have something meaningful to offer them.” - Who Not How, Dan Sullivan


“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” - William James (original idea stemming from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table).


“It’s like saying AI will provide boats for everyone…except for the time there’s a storm and you don’t know how to swim. And I’m okay - use the boat. Also, learn to swim.” - DOAC, Simon Sinek


“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” Unattributed



Ponder This

  1. What "boat" are you relying on someone else to provide instead of learning to swim?
  2. What part of you have people tried to suppress that's actually still growing? And who needs to know that about you?


Books/Podcast

  • Who Not How - Dan Sullivan
  • DOAC - Simon Sinek episode