Quotes About Engagement

I've always thought that there are many things still left in society that are detached from the sense of ordinary people. I won't overlook them and I will determine what is right before taking bold action.

A lot of times, the fans aren't listened to, or their opinions are overlooked a lot.

One way a collaboration can go wrong is if your connection is inauthentic or overly prescriptive.

The people I know who have retired, so many of them lose interest and die; they just become nobodies overnight.

There's lots of charity stuff that I can do. There are actually a million things to do here, but it would be very hard for me to stop going overseas, because I've been doing that for longer than I've been playing in the WNBA.

I don't feel overwhelmed with information. I really like it.

I never really feel overwhelmed; I feel energized by what goes on in our day.

The project workers are the ones most familiar with the territory of the project. If a given direction doesn't make sense to them, it doesn't make any sense at all.

Significant organizational learning can't happen in isolation. It always involves the joint participation of a set of middle managers. This requires that they actually talk to each other and listen to each other, rather than just taking turns talking to and listening to a common boss.

The purpose of a team is not goal attainment but goal alignment.

People who feel untrusted have little inclination to bond together into a cooperative team.

You may be able to kick people to make them active, but not to make them creative, inventive, and thoughtful.

If you don't write with the reader in mind, you are not a writer, period.

As a young man, even if I was going to see a play or a film by myself, I didn't feel like I was alone. There was something that was unfolding up there that brought me into it. And I recognised that. For those two hours, it made me feel like I belonged to something really good.

Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it.

When you're uncomfortable with the words you're using, it becomes obvious to your listeners. When they recognize your discomfort, their defenses are likely to go up making the continuation of the conversation or sales process more challenging than when you are comfortable with what you're saying. This is where dedication to your craft becomes very important.

How U.S forces conduct themselves after the battle might be as important in Fourth Generation war as how they fight the battle. What the USMC calls cultural intelligence is of vital importance in Fourth Generation war, and it must go down to the lowest rank. In Iraq, the Marines seem to be grasping this much better than the U.S. Army.

Zeg nooit: ik heb mij zitten vervelen. Zeg: verveling maakte een relevant onderdeel uit van de opgeroepen emoties.

Zeg nooit: ik heb gisteren een goed toneelstuk gezien. Zeg: ik was gisteren getuige van een relevante toneelervaring.

Wat is de duurtijd van een boek in tijden die zich van boeken lijken af te wenden?

No camera, no recording device, no laptop, none of this palm pilot nonsense or a cell phone. Paper and pencil, a book, maybe a bilingual dictionary. Anything beyond that (a) can be stolen, and (b) intimidates people you encounter. The more double-A batteries you carry, the more you distance yourself from the people you're writing about.

We find our vocational sweet spot when our creativity is most unleashed, our passions most engaged, and our work makes the greatest contribution to advancing the mission of the organization or the business where we serve.

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.