Quotes About Engagement

people skills and magnetism are as or more important than the actual skills involved.

Remember that even though you are trying to tell a compelling story, you are not really an entertainer on a stage. Your primary goal is not to get people to applaud and think you're awesome—the goal is to make other people feel relaxed and happy, and to get good, satisfying conversation flowing. And that means, the sooner you can get off your podium, the better!

Flexibility and the ability to adapt are paramount to any great conversation.

We all dislike small talk, but it does have a role. Getting to know someone happens in a sequential manner, and we cannot skip steps if we want to go deeper. It can be said that there are four stages to an interaction, and small talk is the first, followed by fact disclosure, then opinion disclosure, then emotion disclosure. The sequence can be played with, but understanding small talk's role is important.

it's easier to avoid people than to spend time with them,

A story can be composed solely of (1) one action, (2) one emotion to be evoked, and (3) a one-sentence summary. Don't get lost rambling, and also make sure your listener feels that they are fully participating in the conversation.

What determines whether you hit it off with someone? It's not circumstantial; rather, it's a matter of you taking charge and setting the tone to be friendly and open. Most people treat others like strangers and thus won't become friends. So change that script from the very beginning, put people at ease and let them be comfortable around you.

even if you follow these steps, sometimes people either aren't willing to engage or not good at opening up themselves. You can blast past this by using forms of elicitation, in which you put forth a topic or question in a way that a person will feel compelled to engage or elaborate. These take the form of prompting the person to reply to your recognition, encouraging mutual complaining, assisting your naiveté, and correcting your incorrect assumption or information.

With so much focus on how to extract what you want from other people, what's been lost is the seemingly simple revelation that conversation should actually be fun and enjoyable.

It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

If people don't weigh in, they can't buy in.

If we don't trust one another, then we aren't going to engage in open, constructive, ideological conflict.

there is no such thing as too much communication.

we human beings are not capable of multitasking. None of us are.

You said war should never be personal, but that's all it's ever been for me.

You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do. There

My parents believed that baby talk and avoiding topics was almost child abuse. That you'd end up raising swaddled little morons to send out into the world to be eaten alive. I preferred it when adults expected me to teach up to them rather than always leaning down to me.

Wallis," said Maturin, "I am happy to find you here. How is your penis?

The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)

De modo que esa es la diferencia entre contar una historia y estar dentro una historia: el miedo.

Estuviera donde estuviese, siempre era el centro de todas las miradas.— Kvothe frunció el ceño—. No me interpretéis mal. No quiero decir que fuera llamativa, ni vanidosa. Si miramos el fuego es porque parpadea, porque resplandece. Lo que atrae nuestra mirada es la luz, pero lo que hace que un hombre se acerque al fuego no tiene nada que ver con su resplandor. Lo que te atrae del fuego es el calor que sientes cuando te acercas a él.

Eventually, Bast spoke up. "May I ask a question, Reshi?" Kote smiled gently. "Always, Bast." "A troublesome question?" "Those tend to be the only worthwhile kind.

No hace falta que os explique lo irritante que resulta intentar mantener una conversación con una persona que se niega a mirarte a los ojos." - Kvothe