Quotes About Engagement

Now that we were inside, theoretically we had gotten to the part of the party that was supposed to be fun. I...just wasn't sure how I was supposed to make that part happen.

Enough talk. Now this ends."" That was my signal to dodge. I was always grateful to enemies that telegraphed their attacks.

The single most important task of a manager is to elicit peak performance from his subordinates. So if two things limit high output, a manager has two ways to tackle the issue: through training and motivation.

How is this done? By applying Grove's Principle of Didactic Management, "Ask one more question!" When the supervisor thinks the subordinate has said all he wants to about a subject, he should ask another question.

So even if you're just an invited participant, you should ask yourself if the meeting—and your attendance—is desirable and justified.

one person usually has more at stake in the outcome of the meeting than others. In fact, it is usually the chairman or the de facto chairman who calls the meeting, and most of what he contributes should occur before it begins. All too often he shows up as if he were just another attendee and hopes that things will develop as he wants. When a mission-oriented meeting fails to accomplish the purpose for which it was called, the blame belongs to the chairman

Thus I will assert again that a meeting is nothing less than the medium through which managerial work is performed. That means we should not be fighting their very existence, but rather using the time spent in them as efficiently as possible.

If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to get involved, but most are too afraid. When they see a person they think is cool leading it, they're first to join.

Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

Cuando alguien me comunica que es apolítico, siempre pregunto en qué política concreta está pensando.

I'll hear you out." "Without interrupting with spiteful comments?" "That I can't promise." "Oh well"–Stregobor slipped his hands into the sleeves of his robe–"then it'll only take longer.

There was only one way to find out whether something had tied the witcher to anyone—one had to enter through the window at the appropriate moment.

You would do better not to attract attention, O poet. Your fiancee is here. There could be trouble.' 'Fiancee?' Dandilion blinked nervously. 'Which one do you mean? I have several.

When someone tells me he is politically neutral," Francesca smiled, "I always ask which politics he specifically has in mind.

But did you know that during the past quarter century, no presidential election has been won by more than ten million ballots cast? Yet every federal election during the same time period had at least one hundred million people of voting age who did not bother to vote!

The culture you live in today is the culture you have allowed. That is true of your family, and it is true of your country. "Never forget that you will shape the culture in which you exist, or the culture you allow will determine how and - maybe someday - if you are allowed to exist.

There is a fine line between social networking and wasting your f**king life.

Like when I host a party. I hope my guests get along. But if not, how interesting!

The beginning of culture and the beginning of humanity are one and the same because culture is what we were made to do. There is no withdrawing from culture. Culture is inescapable. And that's a good thing.

Until my product is in the customer's hands, communication is my deliverable.

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.

Learning isn't done to you; it's something you do.

Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs on stage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away.