Quotes About Engagement

Elisabeth, unmoved, replied: "Oh, yes, they're curious - whenever there's something to see, they come running, for the monkey dancing at the hurdy-gurdy just as much as for me. That is their love!

I took out my phone. It is common knowledge that this is one of the main functions of the cell phone: to give you something to do when you have nothing else to do or when other people are doing something and haven't invited you to be a part of it.

Most people know more about their congressmen via smear campaigns than they know about their own neighbor via conversations, and a lot of people know more about Britney Spears via tabloids than they know about their own congressmen via voting booklets. Does anyone else see the problem here?

The boy planted his hands on his hips and a broad smile lit his face. "My name's Peter. Can I play too?

My name's Peter. Can I play too?

There's nothing like active employment to console the afflicted.

In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting; there are only uninterested people.

First, earn the right to get their attention; then show them Jesus – perhaps not with words but always with action.

The highest form of discipline is living in the moment.

That's a wonderful example of the glue of love. It is in the small moments, when we feel the other person fully present, fully engaged, connected, and accepting, that we make the most powerful, enduring bonds.

we all require some reciprocal social feedback to stay engaged.

is in the small moments, when we feel the other person fully present, fully engaged, connected, and accepting, that we make the most powerful, enduring bonds.

That's not necessarily bad—until it becomes so pleasing and engaging to the brain that we begin to prefer it to other less-stimulating, less-busy sensory input. An infant or toddler consumed by a screen is missing out on other critical forms of learning about the world. They should be exploring what things feel like, smell like, taste like. They should be making sense of their world using all their sensory tools.

In order to communicate rationally and successfully with anyone, you have to make sure they're regulated, make sure they feel a relationship with you, and only then try to reason with them.

doing things with movement and rhythm offers a more connected way of communicating.

This is where the sequence of engagement comes in. Without some degree of regulation, it is difficult to connect with another person, and without connection, there is minimal reasoning. Regulate, relate, then reason.

It is in the small moments, when we feel the other person fully present, fully engaged, connected, and accepting, that we make the most powerful, enduring bonds.

It is when patients begin to throw such things into question-when the what, why, and who of their utterances become problematic to them-that they are genuinely engaged in analysis.

If you're not getting through to others, the reason may not be because they "are idiots." The problem may be that you haven't figured out a simple and interesting way to communicate your messages.

The more that you can allow authentic human voices to represent your company, the better your company will be at building profitable and sustainable relationships.

The best business people are show people, as are the most effective educators and the most compassionate physicians. Whether consciously or not, they operate their professional lives as though they were in show business.

One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.

To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.