Quotes About Connection

One of the things that I think I do well as a CEO is that I'm present. When I'm with my employees, I'm there in the moment.

As I got more involved in music, one of the things that made me excited, from the time I was a child, was that clear link between our ancestors and the sounds we hear today.

We're social beings, and food is one of the things we can use three times a day to connect with family or with friends.

We're both big Glen Campbell fans - it's one of the things that united us in eternal love.

One of the things about Fleetwood Mac is, when we're not together, we don't talk a lot or keep in touch. We keep a healthy distance.

Marriage is actually one of the things that keeps you happy.

One thing that you can't fake is chemistry.

If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

One thing I always do in the huddle, pre-snap, is make eye contact.

One thing that's great about seeing your kids is you see things that you admired in your parents.

Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time.

I've been married one time and I have one daughter, who I love more than anyone in the world. And that's where my world is.

I'll never forget one time a fan came up to me crying, and told me, 'You really inspire me to be me. I feel OK to be myself now.'

It's funny: the one time I got star-struck was when I met Snoop Dogg. I gave him a hug and said, 'I love you, man.'

My mom and I, we have trust within each other because at one time in our lives, we were kind of all that we had, you know? My mom had me, and I had her.

We joke that dad's profession was the perfect profession for Jim, because after two years, he'd be like: 'It's time to move, dad. I've lost all my friends.' We were in Iowa one time and dad felt bad because we were leaving for Michigan. He tried to break it to us, and Jim goes: 'Just in time, dad. I just ran out of my last friend.'

I can't tell you how many thousands of small moments that I've had with employees in our company that have been nothing more than a one-on-one. I'll see the baggage-services person, he or she is by himself. I'll pull them off to the side and have a 15-minute conversation about their history, their life, that kind of thing.

While working in a group is great, on-set especially, it means you just don't get to see the characters one-on-one.

Sometimes people think it's what you say when you're in a huge group that makes you a leader. But sometimes it's the one-on-one conversations you have with guys individually, just getting to know them. I think I've done that a lot. Not intentionally - it just happens.

There's something very real about helping someone one-on-one.

I believe that the best way to campaign is one-on-one with people.

Even in a crowded room, likable leaders make people feel like they're having a one-on-one conversation, as if they're the only person in the room that matters. And, for that moment, they are. Likable leaders communicate on a very personal, emotional level.

What I like to do is have an opportunity to talk with people in neighborhoods and answer their questions one-on-one. I think it's one of the places I have greatest strength.

I like committed, one-on-one relationships. That's just who I am.