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#86: Bill Acquavella, Acquavella Galleries Head & Art Dealer—Reputation is Everything
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Today’s guest is Bill Acquavella, one of the most renowned art dealers in the world and Head of Acquavella Galleries.
In the art business, reputation is everything. Bill has sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art and his customers, people like Mick Jagger and Steve Wynn and Henry Ford II, have absolute trust in what they’re buying from him.
They’re confident spending money with Bill like they do because of the confidence they have in him. So the question for us is: how do we build up our reputations as leaders where people will trust us in the big moments?
Well, this is an episode chock full of stories from some of Bill’s biggest deals.
We can learn to build up trust by hearing how he’s built up his. It’s true for Bill and it’s true for leaders … reputation is everything.
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