Quotes About Insight

But people of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener. For example, when Lyndon B. Johnson was a junior senator from Texas, he kept a sign on his office wall that read, "You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're doin' all the talkin'." And Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth American president, once said, "The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

Experience alone isn't a good enough teacher – evaluated experience is.

Most good leaders want the perspective of people they trust.

Un buen liderazgo se aprende en las trincheras.

There is a great deal of difference between knowing and understanding. You can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

La habilidad de hacer la pregunta correcta le da la mitad de la victoria en la batalla por encontrar la respuesta".

Creativity is being able to see what everybody else has seen and think what nobody else has thought so you can do what nobody else has done.

Experiencia no es lo que le ocurre. Experiencia es lo que usted gana con lo que le ocurre. —ALDOUS HUXLEY

The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer.

Inventor Charles F. Kettering said, "There is a great deal of difference between knowing and understanding. You can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

As you interact with people, you certainly want to pay attention to the factual content of the conversation. But don't ignore the emotional content. Sometimes you can learn more about what's really going on by reading between the lines.

Nicolás Maquiavelo dijo: "El primer método para calcular la inteligencia de un gobernante es observar a los hombres que lo rodean".

The English word thanks comes from the same root word as think. Maybe if leaders were more "thinkful" about the contribution of others, they would be more "thankful" to them.

You cannot separate your identity from your perspective. All that you are and every experience you've had color how you see things. It is your lens.

Sir Antony Jay said, The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a creative mind to spot wrong questions. Wrong questions shut down the process of creative thinking. They direct thinkers down the same old path, or they chide them into believing that thinking isn't necessary at all.

Todas las cosas son fáciles de entender cuando se descubren. El punto es descubrirlas. Eso requiere investigación".

Se dice que un individuo sabio aprende de sus errores, uno más sabio aprende de los errores de los demás, pero el más sabio aprende del éxito de los demás. Hoy

That's what connectors do. They tell you about yourself.

transformational leaders: See things others do not see. Believe things others do not believe. Say things others do not say. Feel things others do not feel. Do things others do not do. Receive things others do not receive.

Experience isn't the best teacher—evaluated experience is.

To go forward, we need to move faster. And as leaders, we need to stay ahead, we need to see more than others, and we need to see before others.

Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right.

All lasting growth requires awareness.

Weston H. Agor le llama intuición a "lo que sabemos con seguridad sin saberlo con certeza".