Quotes About Influence

It is safe to assume that any individual or group you wish to influence has access to more wisdom than they currently use. It is also safe to assume that they also have considerably more facts than they can process effectively. Giving them even more facts adds to the wrong pile. They don't need more facts. They need help finding their wisdom. Contrary to popular belief, bad decisions are rarely made because people don't have all the facts.

Other methods of influence—persuasion, bribery, or charismatic appeals—are push strategies. Story is a pull strategy. If your story is good enough, people—of their own free will—come to the conclusion they can trust you and the message you bring.

When studying tools of influence, people always ask the question, "How can I make them listen to me?" They ask because that is what they think they want to learn. Unfortunately, this can never be learned because it can't be done. You can't make someone listen. You can entice, inspire, cajole, stimulate, or fascinate but you cannot make anyone listen to anything. Embracing this fact up-front lets us focus on what we can do.

People follow a person who they feel "speaks the Truth.

Once you give your attention to the title Don't Think of an Elephant, no matter how hard you try you cannot not think of an elephant. It is the same way with stories.

There are six types of stories that will serve you well in your efforts to influence others. 1. "Who I Am" Stories 2. "Why I Am Here" Stories 3. "The Vision" Story 4. "Teaching" Stories 5. "Values-in-Action" Stories 6. "I Know What You Are Thinking

The magic of influence is less in what we say and more in how we say it and who we are.

That meant that Nancy was the grown-up, the one who got to decide everything. And it meant that Bean was the little, boring, poopy baby who didn't get to decide anything.

He is careful of what he reads, for this is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, as this is what he will know.

If a meteor falls in the forest and no one realizes it, does it end the war?

Sometimes I think I'm nothing but what other people have done to me

Didn't any of these brainless wonders ever notice that TV shows were called programs? the same word that meant a bunch of numbers stuck into a computer to make it dance for its masters?

Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least try to grow your own brain. Otherwise, you might as well be living on a reservation, worshipping a bunch of bogus gods.

A liberdade costuma destruir as coisas, sabe.

The guy walking past was wearing a shit five sizes too big (innovated by gangbangers to hide guns in their waistbands), shorts down below his knees (innovated by surfers to keep their thighs from getting sunburned), and oversized shoes (innovated by skaters to save their feet from injury).

everyone in the city is manipulated. The purpose of everything we're taught is to make us afraid of change.

We all steal," Standerson said. "The trick is to steal from regular people, not other novelists.

It's embarrassing when the Clash are slavishly acclaimed by critics as the rock 'n' roll band of the decade—and yet, what other band has so successfully absorbed the music of so many cultures, digested it, and emerged with a startling, evocative language of their own?

Bob, medyan?n memlekete nas?l düÅŸüneceklerini söylemek konusundaki baÅŸar?s?n?n s?n?rl?, fakat hangi konular? düÅŸünüp tart??acaklar?n? ve neye deÄŸer vereceklerini göstermek konusunda ciddi bir yönlendirici olduÄŸunun fark?ndayd?.

Beynini televizyona k?rbaçlatmak...

How grand, to be a Doctor of whatever and to weigh up and decide people's future.

People wonder why you choose certain subjects to write about. The truth is: you don't really. They choose you

Studies from around the world show that recovery from war—from any trauma—is heavily influenced by the society one belongs to, and there are societies that make that process relatively easy. Modern society does not seem to be one of them.

Wealth is supposed to liberate us from the dangers of dependency, but quickly becomes a dependency in its own right. The wealthier we are, the higher our standard of living and the more—not less—we depend on society for our safety and comfort.