“The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid.” PeopleSuccessfulShareListeningRight NowMusicianJazzLions1960sAvoided Author:Branford Marsalis
“Writers and musicians know well the importance of extensive reading for successful writing or extensive listening for musical composition. Likewise, visual artists... understand that successful artistic creativity depends upon extensive visual exposure.” KnowsWritingWellsArtistReadingCreativitySuccessfulListeningDependsMusicianImportanceMusicalArtisticVisualsCompositionExposureVisual ArtVisual ArtistArtistic CreativityMusical CompositionSuccessful WritingExtensive Reading Author:Paul Laseau
“We [Virgin Group] have been successful not by wasting time scrutinising our competitors but by looking at ourselves from the point of view of our customers do and seeking feedback through listening.” Has BeensViewsSuccessfulGroupsListeningSeekingCustomersPoint Of ViewWasting TimeVirginsCompetitorsFeedback Author:Richard Branson
“Successful entrepreneurs find the balance between listening to their inner voice and staying persistent in driving for success - because sometimes success is waiting right across from the transitional bump that's disguised as failure.” SometimesWaitingVoiceSuccessfulListeningBalanceEntrepreneurDrivingStayingPersistentInner VoiceBumpsSuccessful Entrepreneurs Author:Naveen Jain
“One of the most important things in any leader or in any successful approach is to focus on connecting with people and really listening to them. We shouldn't just be saying, oh yes, the people are protesting. We need to ask them why they are protesting and try and figure out if there is something we can do to bring them in and respond to those concerns. That's not populism - that's being thoughtfully open to the fact that our citizens are allowed to have, and are even justified in having, very real concerns and questions for the people responsible for serving them.” PeopleTryingImportantRealLeaderSuccessfulFocusListeningConcernResponsibleJustified Author:Justin Trudeau
“If you repeat what you did in the last tour, the likelihood is it's not gonna be successful twice. People are nostalgic about a particular record, because it's about the time when they were listening to that record. But if you do it again, they're like, I'm not that guy anymore.” PeopleGuySuccessfulListeningBeing SuccessfulNostalgic Author:Kelly Jones
“I was never particularly good at listening to people who tried to tell me what to do or not to do. I watched the pros on television and tried to copy their strokes and learn from that. That was easy for me. I have no idea whether my swing meets the classical criteria. Anyhow, it's good enough to be successful.” PeopleEnoughEasySuccessfulListeningBeing SuccessfulGood Enough Author:Laura Davies
“Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.” PeopleInspirationalSuccessTalkingKnownSuccessfulListeningSuccessful PeoplePeople TalkingTalking And ListeningEffective Listening Author:Bernard Baruch
“Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful.” PresidentPowerfulPrinciplesVirtueSuccessfulListeningSucceedSkillsOfficeHighestWeaknessStandingOppositesCampaignsCirclesCompromiseCombinationOpponents Author:Dee Dee Myers