Quotes About Engagement

We believe some of the following nine processes are a useful trigger for people to engage in critical thinking and serious reflection.

If you don't do something you will simply get overwhelmed by something happening.

If you don't do anything, you simply end up overwhelmed by something happening.

Your ability to share messages that matter in a compelling and influential way is a critical leader ship capability.

While an impactful presentation will catch a person's attention, an influential presentation will change a persons thinking.

The ultimate speech for the situation is your word (as the speaker), delivered through their word.

A great speaker creates memorable phrasing.

Repetitive variety - you use as many different ways of articulating the point as necessary to give everyone in the audience a chance to absorb and comprehend the message.

The paradox of public speaking is: you can't just be yourself; you need to amplify yourself.

Public speaking creates a mirror in which you see in the audience an amplified version of what is going on inside of you.

Speaking in public is a constant process of working for the attention of your audience.

Speaking is the live test of leadership orientation.

But when you read books you almost feel like you're out there in the world. Like you're going on this adventure right with the main character. At least, that's the way I do it. It's actually not that bad. Even if it is mad nerdy.

We can't be spectators our whole lives, right? At some point we have to take a risk. Step into the action.

But sometimes you've got to seize the day. Be a bit more spontaneous. Say yes to things when they come up, rather than always saying no. Turn every negative into a positive. Otherwise you might be missing out on life.

Read a book without thinking about finishing it. Just read it. Enjoy every word, sentence, and paragraph. Don't wish for it to end, or for it to never end.

All a writer can do is provide a match, and hopefully a dry one. The reader has to strike the flame into being.

You have to stop flicking ahead and just concentrate on the page you're on

Are you someone who watches life, or someone who participates?

The art of swimming...was about purity. The more focused you were on the activity, the less focused you were on everything else. You kind of stopped being you and became the thing you were doing.

When you watch the news and see members of your species in turmoil, do not think there is nothing you can do. But know it is not done by watching news.

Be alive. That is your supreme duty to the world.

I think intellectualism can be a barrier to reading. The point of a book - song, film, whatever - is to FEEL it. That's why we're here, no?

Things I should do less of on the internet Post about a meaningful experience, when I could be having an actual meaningful experience.