Quotes About Engagement

I don't require all your attention but I do need some of it. (Wicked)

While some more passive forms of leisure, such as watching TV or surfing the Internet, are fun in the short term, over time, they don't offer nearly the same happiness as more challenging activities.

It wasn't the amount of stuff; it was the engagement with that stuff [that mattered for happiness].

The main purpose of laughter is to bind people together; it's a social sound that's meant to be heard by others, to create engagement. We're far more likely to laugh when we're with other people, and when we're with friends rather than with strangers.

Procrastinators can't make themselves work—often, ironically, because they're so anxious about work that they have to distract themselves from it—but they can't enjoy free time, either, because they know they should be working. A regular work schedule can help procrastinators because progress and engagement relieve their anxiety.

The very words we choose to characterize our habits can make them seem more or less appealing. Engagement time sounds more interesting than than email time; playing the piano sounds more fun than practicing the piano;

Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness.

sometimes, when people are willing to go with the flow on a collaborative team project, they view my need to ask questions as not showing team spirit

the "Hawthorne effect," in which people being studied improve their performance, simply because of the extra attention they're getting. In

A regular work schedule can help procrastinators because progress and engagement relieve their anxiety.

Drawing on intrinsic motivation makes us far more likely to stick to a behavior, and to find it satisfying.

One study showed that children who got a reward for coloring with magic markers—an activity that children love—didn't spend as much time with markers, later, as children who didn't expect a reward. The children began to think, "Why would I color if I don't get a reward?

Underreact to a problem - Enter into the interests of others - Go on Wednesday adventures - Give warm greetings and farewells

Studies of what's called the "dinner party problem" show that once a group includes five people, it usually splits into two or more conversations.

often felt frustrated because he never wanted to have long heart-to-heart discussions. In particular, I wished that he would take more interest in my work.

When the Schiphol Airport put the image of a housefly above the drains of urinals, men began to aim at it—a change that reduced spillage rates by 80 percent. "Gamification" is used in the design of devices and apps to help people improve their habits.

Andy Warhol wrote, "Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it's exciting, and if you do it every day it's exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it's not good any more.

Delivery can sometimes make a big difference in whether others see a Questioner as constructive or obstructive.

Studies show that if you reward people for doing an activity, they often stop doing it for fun; being paid turns it into "work.

Studies show that if you reward people for doing an activity, they often stop doing it for fun; being paid turns it into "work." Parents, for example, are warned not to reward children for reading—they're teaching kids to read for a reward, not for pleasure.

If you think you are boring your audience, go slower not faster.

I'm absolutely removed from the world at such times...The hours go by without my knowing it. Sitting there I'm wandering in countries I can see every detail of - I'm playing a role in the story I'm reading. I actually feel I'm the characters - I live and breath with them.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Isn't 'not to be bored' one of the principal goals of life?