Quotes About Understanding

The problems around us are not as crucial as the people.

Perspective separates leaders and followers more than any other characteristic. Leaders see before followers do; they see beyond what followers do; and they see bigger than followers do.

PARA UNA PERSONA PROMEDIO, SER ESCUCHADO SE ACERCA MUCHO A SER AMADO, CASI NO ES POSIBLE DISTINGUIR UNA COSA DE LA OTRA». —DAVID AUGSBURGER

Decide that People Are Worth the Effort:

Who you are determines the way you see everything. You cannot separate your identity from your perspective.

There's a difference between hearing people and listening to them.

Porque sólo las personas maduras que se enfocan en el prójimo son capaces de establecer relaciones genuinas con los demás.

Después de más de cuarenta años de matrimonio, una larga y exitosa carrera de orador, décadas de trabajo como líder de organizaciones y vasta experiencia en la formación de muchas personas en los Estados Unidos y en docenas de otros países, puedo asegurarte que si deseas tener éxito, debes aprender a relacionarte con los demás.

Si usted no cree en el mensajero, no creerá en el mensaje». —JAMES M. KOUZES Y BARRY Z. POSNER

Author and conference speaker Richard Exley explained his idea of friendship this way: "A true friend is one who hears and understands when you share your deepest feelings. He supports you when you are struggling; he corrects you, gently and with love, when you err; and he forgives you when you fail. A true friend prods you to personal growth, stretches you to your full potential. And most amazing of all, he celebrates your successes as if they were his own.

But people of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener. For example, when Lyndon B. Johnson was a junior senator from Texas, he kept a sign on his office wall that read, "You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're doin' all the talkin'." And Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth American president, once said, "The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

Ignorance means we didn't have the necessary information; stupidity means we had the necessary information but misused it.

Eighty-nine percent of what people learn comes through visual stimulation, 10 percent through audible stimulation, and 1 percent through other senses. So

When you meet someone new, after the introductions and initial pleasantries, don't hesitate. Dive in and ask to hear the person's story. You can do it any number of ways: you can flat-out ask, "What's your story?" You can request that he tell you about himself. You can ask where he is from or how he got into the field he's in. Use your own style.

6. Focus on Them, Not Yourself: The number one problem of inexperienced speakers and ineffective leaders is that they focus on themselves.

It takes quantity as well as quality to develop warm and caring relationships.

The biggest mistake you can make in trying to talk convincingly is to put your highest priority on expressing your ideas and feelings. What most people really want is to be listened to, respected, and understood. The moment people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it enough.

Quando entendemos o ponto de vista do próximo — entendemos o que ele está tentando fazer nove entre dez vezes ele está tentando fazer o que é certo.

If you're in the habit of listening only to the facts and not the person who expresses them, change your focus - and really listen.

Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple. —John C. Maxwell

Trabajar duro no es suficiente, tampoco lo es ser excelentes en lo que hacemos. Para ser exitoso, debes aprender a establecer una verdadera comunicación con los demás.

As you communicate with people—whether individuals or groups—ask yourself these questions: Who is my audience? What are their questions? What needs to be accomplished? And how much time do I have? If you want to become a better communicator, become audience oriented.

Understanding changes minds. Action changes lives.