Quotes About Engagement

I don't answer the phone. I get the feeling whenever I do that there will be someone on the other end.

When a conversation seems hard, when it makes you nervous, when you feel at risk or on edge, remember this core lesson: Conversation is always an act of creativity. We don't have to just be participants in, or victims of, conversations. We can be the makers of the conversations that matter most.

Context, as we will explore it in this chapter, is comprised of the spaces we inhabit, the things in those spaces, and the positions we choose to take in that space. It is a mistake to think of context as "just in the background." The context of a conversation can affect the course of a conversation, the feel of it, the outcome; it can even determine what kind of conversations we have.

Explain what's happening (communication). In

Listening and trying to understand the needs of those we would communicate with seems to me to be the essential prerequisite of any real communication. And we might as well aim for real communication.

We get so wrapped up in numbers in our society. The most important thing is that we are able to be one-to-one, you and I with each other at the moment. If we can be present to the moment with the person that we happen to be with, that's what's important.

More and more I've come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another. Whether the other be an adult or a child, our engagement in listening to who that person is can often be our greatest gift. Whether that person is speaking or playing or dancing, building or singing or painting, if we care, we can listen.

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons.

Standing quite still I looked at him. Needless to say Konradin hadn't giggled. He hadn't clapped either. But he looked at me.

El diamante llevado en la mano derecha neutraliza toda suerte de devenires». Por eso, en prueba de amor, los hombres afortunados tomaron la costumbre de regalar un diamante a sus prometidas para protegerlas de la plaga.

And don't get pulled into trying to debate or refute them. Any kind of engagement with a thought can pull you into a downward slide. Just recognize them when you see them, and turn back to your constant inner prayer.

To make a man happy, fill his hands with work.

Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.

By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes.

I'm so busy listening to the heart that I don't even hear when somebody asks me to pass the salt.

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

Happiness in life is all about three things—something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.

So if you're interested in what I have to say, keep reading. If you find something, some little thing that resonates and might do some good in your life, great. If you get to the end of this book (or to the middle, or to page 27 second paragraph down) and think the book is crap, leave it on the subway and forget about it. No problem.

You're only as interesting to the extent of those that are interested in you.

sharing a book with others becomes a public enterprise. There

But I am now aware that these words will reach an audience

there is a difference between hearing and listening. You can't always help what you hear. But you can control what holds your interest, what you choose to dwell on.