Quotes About Engagement

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me

All I mark as my own you shall offset it with your own, Else it were time lost listening to me.

I am he who walks the States with a barb'd tongue, questioning every one I meet

The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

Amikor mellém érsz, idegen, és beszélni kívánsz velem, miért ne beszélnél velem? És miért ne beszélnék veled én?

He who cannot take sides should keep silent.

Praxis is not a privilege of the Left. It is what the Right does too.

Despite being a denizen of the digital world, or maybe because he knew all too well its isolating potential, Jobs was a strong believer in face-to-face meetings. "There's a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat," he said. "That's crazy.

When you help build something, you own it, you're vested in it. That's far more rewarding than having it handed down to you."111

Public awareness is an important component of innovation.

The beauty of nature and the joy that comes from unstructured human engagement is a powerful combination.

to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint." The product review revealed how unfocused Apple had become. The company

Detesto que la gente recurra a las presentaciones de diapositivas en lugar de pensar - recordaba Jobs -. La gente se enfrentaba a los problemas creando una presentación. Yo quería que se comprometieran, que discutieran los temas sentados a una mesa, en lugar de mostrarme un puñado de diapositivas. La gente que sabe de lo que está hablando no necesita Powerpoint

The people who received RFC 1 felt that they were being included in a fun process rather than being dictated to by a bunch of protocol czars. It was a network they were talking about, so it made sense to try to loop everyone in.

the ideal chief executive as an outside person, an inside person, and a person of action.

Métase en berenjenales.

Alex Haley once said that the best way to begin a speech is "Let me tell you a story." Nobody is eager for a lecture, but everybody loves a story.

La conciencia pública es un componente importante de la innovación.

there's your answer." It was not, however, a definitive answer. Jobs had a way of focusing on something with insane intensity for a while and then, abruptly, turning away his gaze. At work, he would focus on what he wanted to, when he wanted to, and on other matters he would be unresponsive, no matter how hard people tried to get him to engage. In his personal life, he was the same way.

The best and most effective way to lead is by letting people do things because they want to do them, not because you want them to.

Marsalis later recalled, "I don't care much about computers, and kept telling him so, but he goes on for two hours. He was a man possessed. After a while, I started looking at him and not the computer, because I was so fascinated with his passion.

People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted them to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint.