Quotes About Connection

For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness.

Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.

Uno no puede enemistarse con las personas e influir en ellas al mismo tiempo».

The more you do to go beyond words, the greater the chance you will connect with people.

Connectors do the difficult work of keeping it simple.

Am I adding value to people?

The larger the group, the simpler the communication needs to be.

Relacionarse es la aptitud de identificarse y establecer lazos con las personas de un modo tal que aumenta la influencia que se tiene sobre ellas.

Connect emotionally through facial expressions, laughter, and tears.

If you talk to a man in the language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

However, when I include all three components— thought, emotion, and action—my communication has conviction, passion, and credibility. The result is connection. I believe you can achieve the same result when you include all three.

Coach John Wooden would not have asked, "Why is it so difficult to realize that others are more likely to listen to us if first we listen to them?

People like people who like them.

YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD OTHERS OFTEN DETERMINES THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD YOU

I've learned that if you want people to be impressed, you can talk about your successes; but if you want people to identify with you, it's better to talk about your failures.

As you interact with people, you certainly want to pay attention to the factual content of the conversation. But don't ignore the emotional content. Sometimes you can learn more about what's really going on by reading between the lines.

TAKE INTEREST IN OTHERS BEFORE THEY TAKE INTEREST IN YOU.

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We live in an impatient culture. We use drive-through windows to buy meals, pick up our dry cleaning, complete banking transactions, and order prescriptions. I think Lisa Thorne's comment on my blog describes a lot of us: "The good news is I move fast; the bad news is I often move alone."4 Everybody is in a hurry, but that prevents most of us from connecting with others effectively. If you want to connect with people, you need to slow down.

The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate." Influence is an invitation anyone can make to another person.

choose to collaborate with others. There's no greater way to increase your potential.

Being heard is so close to being loved, that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.

Connecting always requires energy.