Quotes About Listening

Nothing good can be accomplished and a lot of damage can be done if you tell a person straight out that he or she is wrong. You only succeed in stripping that person of self-dignity and make yourself an unwelcome part of any discussion.

Listening is just as important in one's home life as in the world of business.

THE BIG SECRET OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE

people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.

when I went fishing, I didn't think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted.

De modo que el único medio de que disponemos para influir sobre el prójimo es hablar acerca de lo que él quiere, y demostrarle cómo conseguirlo.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.

think always in terms of the other person's point of view, and see things from that person's angle as well as your own—if

You never read a book on psychology, Tippy. You didn't need to. You knew by some divine instinct that you can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Let me repeat that. You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

Principle 1 Become genuinely interested in other people.

Si hay un secreto del éxito, reside en la capacidad para apreciar el punto de vista del prójimo y ver las cosas desde ese punto de vista así como

Many persons call a doctor when all they want is an audience.

Self-evident, isn't it? You don't have to study for four years in Harvard to discover that. Yet I know and you know department store owners who will rent expensive space, buy their goods economically, dress their windows appealingly, spend thousands of dollars in advertising and then hire clerks who haven't the sense to be good listeners—clerks who interrupt customers, contradict them, irritate them, and all but drive them from the store.

Se há algum segredo de sucesso, ele consiste na habilidade de apreender o ponto de vista da outra pessoa e ver as coisas tão bem pelo ângulo dela como pelo seu". Essa

People have 1000 times more interest in themselves than in you. So give them time and importance.

And all I had been doing was talking when I should have been listening. I never heard her. "From that time on I let her do all the talking she wanted. She tells me what is on her mind, and our relationship has improved immeasurably. She is again a cooperative person.

Principle 9 - Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

when you are displeased, it is much easier to criticize and condemn than it is to try to understand the other person's viewpoint; it is frequently easier to find fault than to find praise; it is more natural to talk about what you want than to talk about what the other person wants; and so on.

Speech is silvern, Silence is golden; Speech is human, Silence is divine.

Most people trying to win others to their way of thinking do too much talking themselves. Let the other people talk themselves out. They know more about their business and problems than you do. So ask them questions. Let them tell you a few things.

I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen.

A note for physicians: if you listen carefully to what patients say, they will often tell you not only what is wrong with them but also what is wrong with you.

I needed her to stop. Needed not to hear the pain in her voice--to see the way she was twisting the pocketbook strap. If she kept talking, she might break down and tell me everything.

My words itch at your ears till you understand them