Quotes About Communication

Aim for the Heart, Not the Head "Lesson number one, when people ask me what [interviewing] tips would I give, is aim for the heart, not the head. Once you get the heart, you can go to the head. Once you get the heart and the head, then you'll have a pathway to the soul.

La persona que es desatenta en la luna de miel (al principio) irá a peor en el futuro.

Words That Work, written by Republican political strategist Frank Luntz.

Steven Pinker: anything. He's one of the clearest thinkers and communicators of our time. Among many other things, he convinced me that I could never understand myself without understanding how humans evolved.

if we move beyond the education bubble that we're living in today, the future will be one in which people can speak about these things more clearly.

Listening is about being present, not just being quiet.

You can't blame your boss for not giving you the support you need. Plenty of people will say, 'It's my boss's fault.' No, it's actually your fault because you haven't educated him, you haven't influenced him, you haven't explained to him in a manner he understands why you need this support that you need. That's extreme ownership. Own it all.

Sometimes, the clues that you put outwardly are too subtle to be heard, or someone is just talking louder than you.

clarity of writing indicates clarity of thinking.

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. For females: West with the Night by Beryl Markham.

People can dislike you—and you often sell more by offending some—but they should never misunderstand you.

La verdad es que no me importa la nota que saques en el examen de vocabulario. Lo que me importa es si tienes algo que decir".»

When you stop caring about being right in the eyes of everyone—versus being right in your own eyes and the eyes of those who matter to you—it's amazing how little you care to waste energy trying to convince people of your view.

Cambia las palabras para cambiar el mundo

Los límites de mi lenguaje representan los límites de mi mundo».

Si sabes escribir bien, también sabes pensar bien.»

Pero la audiencia no oirá eso. Sólo se quedará con lo que sintió cuando Megyn Kelly pronunció el nombre de esa persona [más] barbaridades sobre las mujeres.

DEC told its prospects why they ought to buy a minicomputer, not a DEC minicomputer.

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sir.' The implication is obvious: If I have problems, I'm going to handle them. I'm going to take care of them, and I'm not going to complain. I took extreme ownership of my world. The way that worked was twofold. When I did need something, it was something significant, it was something real. And when I told the Commodore, 'Hey, boss, we need this right here,' I would get it almost instantaneously

The most complicated letters in English, like E and W, have four strokes. Many Japanese characters have more than 15 strokes

Now I release an episode of the Waking Up podcast more or less every week.

Creo que la claridad por escrito revela claridad de pensamiento».

The spaces between the perceiver and the thing perceived can [...] be closed with a shout of recognition.