Quotes About Engagement

Keep your eyes open. Suspend judgment. Be useful

What progress has your client made over the last month, the last week, and yesterday? • Are they on track to meet their goals? • How have you been showing up as a coach (stances, EQ, sensing, meeting the clients where they are)?

When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet.

The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.

What draws attention draws power

Most of us live in a semi-somnambulistic state: we do our daily tasks and the days fly by. The two exceptions to this are childhood and those moments when we are in love. In both cases, our emotions are more engaged, more open and active. And we equate feeling emotional with feeling more alive.

A sense of urgency comes from a powerful connection to the present

Charmers. First, they don't talk much about themselves, which heightens their mystery and disguises their limitations. Second, they seem to be interested in us, and their interest is so delightfully focused that we relax and open up to them. Finally Charmers are pleasant to be around. They have none of most people's ugly qualities—nagging, complaining, self-assertion. They seem to know what pleases.

Inter action with boldness

People who are outwardly distant or shy are often better targets than extroverts. They are dying to be drawn out, and still waters run deep.

When we are tired, it is often because we are bored. When no real challenge faces us, a mental and physical lethargy sets in. "Sometimes death only comes from a lack of energy," Napoleon once said, and lack of energy comes from a lack of challenges, comes when we have taken on less than we are capable of.

Seducers are never self-absorbed. Their gaze is directed outward, not inward. When they meet someone their first move is to get inside that person's skin, to see the world through their eyes.

the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working. He

AESTHETICS OF OPERA Don't sing an aria To someone who can't Sing one back.

It is said that the price of freedom is vigilance, and an important form of vigilance is attention to political rhetoric, which often reveals how things are going.

I was thinking about stopping at a restaurant. Would you care to join me?" She shifted in the car seat to face him, causing him to glance at her legs once again. "Are you asking me out?" "No." "Will you purr if I tickle you behind the ears?" "No." "Will you dance the samba for me in your hot pink sequined thong?" "No." "Do you always say no?" His mouth twitched. "No.

What was he going to say? He doubted she'd want to hear about his favorite topic-which swords were best suited for different situations.

Networking is one letter away from not working

di·a·logue or di·a·log (dì´ Ã¢Ë†â€š-lôg´´, -lòg) n The free flow of meaning between two or more people.

When we first trained people to deal with ability problems, it all seemed so simple. You ask others for their ideas, you get to hear their best thoughts, and they feel empowered. What could be easier? Who could possibly mess this up? As it turns out, there are several ways to go wrong. Here are the top three things not to do.

When others move to silence or violence, step out of the conversation and Make it Safe. When safety is restored, go back to the issue at hand and continue the dialogue.

Here's why gifted communicators keep a close eye on safety. Dialogue calls for the free flow of meaning—period. And nothing kills the flow of meaning like fear. When you fear that people aren't buying into your ideas, you start pushing too hard. When you fear that you may be harmed in some way, you start withdrawing and hiding.

In the worst companies, poor performers are first ignored and then transferred. In good companies, bosses eventually deal with problems. In the best companies, everyone holds everyone else accountable—regardless of level or position. The path to high productivity passes not through a static system, but through face-to-face conversations.

Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.