Quotes About Communication

You want your human adversaries to see the pain, but you do not want to hit them between the eyes with it. You soften the blow, so to speak, with nurturing.

They know that what is really said and what we actually hear during a negotiation is far more important than what we allow ourselves to think while others talk. In order to blank slate effectively, the little voice in our own heads must be silent.

Making decisions based on a sense that the adversary seeks your friendship is misguided. They would much prefer your effectiveness.

Why would you want to load down a business relationship with a lot of emotional baggage, including guilt, which can be the by-product of "friendship"? It doesn't work. It doesn't pay.

the price that will be paid in any negotiation—is directly related to the clarity of the vision of pain?

The only agenda that is valid for purposes of negotiation is the one that has been negotiated with the adversary.

win-win is hopelessly misguided as a basis for good negotiating, in business or in your personal life or anywhere else.

Your ability to blank slate is directly related to your ability to rid yourself of expectations and assumptions, two very bad words in my system of negotiation.

In any negotiation, where do we want to spend as much time as possible? In the adversary's world.

neediness can have—will have—a dramatic, always negative effect on their behavior. You must overcome any neediness at the negotiating table.

EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATION IS effective decision making, plain and simple, and the foundation of effective decision making is a valid mission and purpose to guide it.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.

I want to talk. I talk to everybody, and it pisses me off when they interpret to talk back. I sometimes think of offering money to friends to buy their turn in a conversation.

Consider the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems, when people filter the brutal facts from you.

There is no universal language in the jungles; each species has its own language, and though the vocabulary of some is limited, as in the case of porcupines and vultures, the language of each species is understood by all the jungle-folk.

The word 'Terror' is so generally and universally used in connection with everyday trivial matters that it is apt to fail to convey, when intended to do so, its real meaning.

God is not dead; he really does communicate today. He's interested in every part of your life, your home, your finances, every kind of decision - and more than just the moral issues. His eye is always on you. He wants to lead you. But you have to believe that he will indeed speak to you when you wait before him in believing prayer, with a yielded heart to do his will.

If Jesus himself prayed with "loud cries and tears" at times, then we can certainly feel free and unashamed to pour out our souls to God. I

when people know you love and care about them, you can speak difficult truth and they will receive it.

Dios nos llama amorosamente a la obediencia. Él nunca se da por vencido. El hecho de su santidad no puede verse comprometido. Cuando lo desobedecemos, nos lastimamos a nosotros mismos y rompemos la comunicación con él. Solo cuando esta se restaura podemos concretar sus bendiciones en nuestros esfuerzos. 3.

It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.

As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire's job. That doesn't mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive today's managers a bit differently.

The best response is to say what we have to say, and then walk away.