Quotes About Communication

Earlier in my life, I have to admit, I was often guilty of this error. I wanted to take an idea from seed thought to solution before sharing it with anyone, even the people it would most impact. I did this both at work and at home. But over the years, I have learned that you can go much farther with a team than you can go alone.

Every message that people receive is filtered through the messenger who delivers it.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

We need to decide how we want to be treated. Then we need to begin treating others in that manner.

Good leaders know when to display emotions and when to delay them.

The Situation Principle: Never let the situation mean more than the relationship.

Tone, inflection, timing, volume, pacing—everything you do with your voice communicates something and has the potential to help you connect to or disconnect from others when you speak.

Asking and hearing people's opinions has a greater effect on them than telling them, 'Good job.' " —Sam Walton

Effective teams have teammates who are constantly talking to one another.

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Any married man should forget his mistakes—there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.

be sure your communication goes beyond words. How can you do that? By connecting on four levels: visually, intellectually, emotionally, and verbally.

Followers tell you what you want to hear. Leaders tell you what you need to hear.

When you like people and treat them like individuals who have value, you begin to develop influence with them. You develop trust.

Most of us think wonderful things about people, but they never know it. Too many of us tend to be tight-fisted with our praise. It's of no value if all you do is think it; it becomes valuable when you impart it.

If you lead a team, start asking questions and really listening. Start valuing the contributions of your teammates ahead of your own. And remember that when the best idea wins, so does the entire team.

Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.

The highest compliment you can give someone is to ask them their opinion.

Few things will pay you bigger dividends in life than the time and trouble you take to understand people and build relationships. As

The greatest problem with communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.

If you know something without having lived it, your audience experiences a credibility gap.

NO NOTES. This was truly an oral event. Storytellers didn't read their stories; they told them, which allowed for eye contact.

Most people want to hear or tell a good story. But they don't realize they can and should be the good story. That requires intentional living.

Marriage, like any long-term relationship, requires us to . . . wade through a few things that are difficult. work for many things that are needed. wait on some things that take time. watch out for those things that can be harmful. wave good-bye to personal things that are selfish.