Quotes About Perspective

Anderson did not state what she wanted, but wrote in the letter how she could help them, and focused on their wants, not her own.

Yo no lo puedo culpar por sentirse como se siente. Si yo estuviera en su lugar, no hay duda de que me sentiría de la misma manera".

we tend to mirror the sentiment.

Talking in terms of the other person's interests pays off for both parties.

El secreto de ser desdichado estriba en tener ocios para pensar si se es feliz o no".

PRINCIPLE 1—Become genuinely interested in other people. PRINCIPLE 2—Smile. PRINCIPLE 3—Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. PRINCIPLE 4—Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. PRINCIPLE 5—Talk in terms of the other person's interests. PRINCIPLE 6—Make the other person feel important-and do it sincerely.

which serves as a good lesson for what can happen when we ignore this principle.

prepare to cultivate the habit of life of 'day-tight compartments'.

Here we are on this earth, with only a few more decades to live, and we lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worth-while actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings. For life is too short to be little.

Por medio de la crítica nunca provocamos cambios duraderos, y con frecuencia creamos resentimiento.

always in terms of other people's point of view, and see things from their angle—if you get that one thing out of this book, it may easily prove to be one of the building blocks of your career.

If we know we are going to be rebuked anyhow, isn't it far better to beat the other person to it and do it ourselves? Isn't it much easier to listen to self-criticism than to bear condemnation from alien lips?

I soon found that you can catch health, happiness, and success from others just as easily as you can catch worries, bitterness, and failure.

I am ashamed to realize that I never really learned to live until I feared I was going to die.

Se ha de enseñar a los hombres como si no se les enseñara. Y proponerles cosas ignoradas como si fueran olvidadas.

Bien, escuche. Yo pienso de otro modo, pero quizá me equivoque. Me equivoco con tanta frecuencia... Y si me equivoco, quiero corregir mi error.

People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves—morning, noon and after dinner.

Trate honradamente de ver las cosas desde el punto de vista de la otra persona.

un genuino interés en la otra persona es la cualidad más importante que pueda tener un vendedor

La crítica es inútil porque pone a la otra persona a la defensiva, y por lo común hace que trate de justificarse.

But your scale still tips one way or another every day.

PRINCIPLE 1 The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

Acepte el desacuerdo. Recuerde el eslogan: "Cuando dos socios siempre están de acuerdo, uno de ellos no es necesario". Si hay algo que se le ha pasado por alto, agradezca a quien se lo recuerde. Quizá este desacuerdo es su oportunidad de corregirse antes de cometer un grave error.

had the blues because I had no shoes, Until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.