“Choice is destiny’s soul mate.”
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”
— Stephen Covey
“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.”
— Doug Larson
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.”
— Anonymous
“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.”
— Bernard Baruch
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
— Stephen R. Covey
“Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.”
– Jim Rohn
“It’s hard to say which would be more discouraging: drifting from job to job because you’re always the first to be laid off, or laboring in monotonous obscurity at the same job. The first results from not doing what you are told to do, the second from doing only what you are told to do. You can “get by” for a time following either approach, but you will never get ahead. Personal initiative is more important in today’s enlightened, high-tech workplace than it was during the Industrial Age, when the ability to follow orders was a critical skill. As technology makes many supervisory functions obsolete, every one of us is expected to do more with less, determine what needs to be done, and do it. Don’t wait to be told. Know your company and your job so well that you can anticipate what needs to be done — then do it! Stop explaining and start doing!”
— Napoleon Hill
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”
— Robin Williams