“If you think you are in control, you're fooling yourself. As soon as you start listening, you realize you're not in control. And letting go will yield more and better results.” IfsThinkingRealizingResultsListeningLetting GoSocial MediaYieldFooling Yourself Author:Charlene Li
“As a result of listening to Aberhart, my father decided to leave the farm in 1927 to study at Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute, Aberhart's training school.” SchoolFatherResultsStudyListeningTrainingDecidedFarmsInstitutePropheticCalgary Author:Preston Manning
“Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has come from my gut. Every wrong decision I've made was the result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself” MadeVoiceDecisionResultsGreaterDoorsListeningEgoChecksGutsRight DecisionWrong Decision Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking is being freed up and the way you build up compositions is changed as a result of what you've been listening to.” ThinkingWayWritingTryingSeemsCertainStuffRealizingResultsChangedListeningActivityElementsEarsSettlingCompositionSeemingFiltersBeing Free Author:Peter Gabriel
“With any kind of physical test, I don't know what it is, I always seem to get competitive. Remember when you were in school and they'd do those hearing tests? And you'd really be listening hard, you know? I wanted to do unbelievable on the hearing test. I wanted them to come over to me after and go, 'We think you may have something close to super-hearing. What you heard was a cotton ball touching a piece of felt. We're sending the results to Washington, we'd like you to meet the President.'” ThinkingKnowsKindMayHardSeemsWantedSchoolRememberFeltPresidentResultsPiecesHeardLike YouListeningTestsBallsHearingTouchingUnbelievableRemember WhenCotton Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“Stress is the result of not listening to your heart. If you ignore it for too long, and surrender your power to someone else, your chest will explode with panic. I take plenty of time for me.” IfsHeartLongResultsListeningStressSurrenderPlentyChestsPanicListen To Your Heart Author:Jason Mraz
“In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of individual treatment, and an audience eager to give itself to sympathetic listening, even if instruction be involved, have brought the great results.” IfsGivingChoicesIndividualPerfectResultsAudienceSubjectsListeningInvolvedPeriodsDramaTreatmentInstructionSympatheticFreedom Of ChoiceGreat Results Author:George P. Baker
“Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old. As a result, I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.” PeopleWayYearsHas BeensStillsDifferentWholeResultsListeningGrewGrew UpMovedWhole LifeAffected Author:Danger Mouse
“I want to change how women think of and feel about marketing. It not only helps women get the results they want, but marketing brings out our best human attributes: true listening, compassion, honesty, and a spirit of service.” ThinkingWantFeelsHumansHelpingSpiritResultsCompassionHonestyListeningMarketingAttributes Author:Marie Forleo
“I started my professional life as a philosopher of language and for several years took the orthodox line that meaning is an essentially linguistic phenomenon. Whether as a result of simply listening to everyday talk about meaning, or reading books of anthropology, sociology and art history, it dawned on me that there is nothing at all privileged or central about linguistic meaning.” YearsArtBookReadingLanguageLinesResultsListeningEverydayPhilosopherOrthodoxPhenomenonReading BooksPrivilegedSociologyAnthropologyArt HistoryProfessional Life Author:David E. Cooper
“Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksKindIdeasLastsSidesResultsEconomyFiveProductsListeningPerformancesInnovationFinancialFantasticFive YearsReactingPipelineLast Five YearsFinancial Results Author:Steve Ballmer
“Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.” ChildrenPersonsTurnsGrowsResultsEducationLearningListeningEmpathyAttentivenessLearned Person Book:For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence