“Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.” PeopleInfluenceSkillsAuthorityPersonal Influence Author:James Hunter
“Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.” PeopleGoalCommonInfluenceSkillsCommon GoodInfluencing People Author:James Hunter
“I like to believe that everyone is born with the same skill set, and that it is the influences that one comes upon. What he hungers for is definitely going to be affected by what he got or didn't get in those years when he was forming his psyche and his values. So I think villains are made.” ThinkingYearsBelieveMadeValuesBornInfluenceSkillsHungerAffectedVillain Author:Ron Perlman
“NVC is language, thoughts, communication skills and means of influence that serve my desire to do three things: 1) to liberate myself from cultural learning that is in conflict with how I want to live my life. 2) to empower myself to connect with myself and others in a way that makes compassionate giving natural. 3) to empower myself to create structures that support compassionate giving.” WayWantGivingMeanDesireThreeLanguageNaturalSupportInfluenceCommunicationSkillsConflictStructureEmpoweringCommunication SkillsCompassionateLiving My LifeThree ThingsNonviolent Communication Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“Writing for publication is an art, a craft, and a business, so you need to develop skill sets in multiple areas. You need to learn how to be a marketer just as much as you need to get past your influences and develop your unique prose voice. And you can't do it alone. You need a strong emotional support system to help cope with the frustrations and setbacks.” NeedsWritingArtHelpingPastStrongVoiceSupportInfluenceEmotionalSkillsUniqueAreasCraftsProseFrustrationMultiplePublicationSetbackMarketersSupport SystemsEmotional SupportStrong Emotional Author:Brian Hodge
“Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.” KindStillsCoursesEnergyInfluenceHavensSkills Author:David Hockney
“Your number one skill as a leader is the ability to influence” AbilityNumbersLeaderInfluenceSkills Author:Tony Robbins
“You present a challenge to Satan's plan. You carry something of God within you, something noble and holy, something the world needs - wisdom, kindness, mercy, skill. If Satan can neutralize you, he can mute your influence.” IfsWorldNeedsChallengesKindnessPlansInfluenceHolySkillsMercyNobleSatanWithin YouMute Author:Max Lucado
“Lyndon Johnson (with Abraham Lincoln close behind). Johnson was able to get things done, to read other people, and to adjust his own approach accordingly. One of the reasons he has so fascinated biographer Robert Caro over the years is Johnson's consummate skill in acquiring and using influence.” PeopleYearsReasonDoneAbleBehindsInfluenceSkillsApproachFascinatedJohnsonAbrahamThings DoneBiographers Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“People's shortcomings should be treated with tact; if you expose them crudely, this is attacking weakness with a weakness. When people are stubborn, it requires skill to influence them; if you treat them with anger and spite, this is treating stubbornness with stubbornness.” PeopleIfsShouldInfluenceSkillsWeaknessTreatsTreatedSpiteTaoismStubbornAttackingShortcomingsStubbornnessTact Author:Zicheng Hong
“I am so profoundly aware of my lack of skill to make any material difference. I am not a doctor. I can't influence foreign policy. I can't build schools. I can't chemically engineer the protein paste that helps people with acute malnutrition. But I can talk about it, and so can you.” PeopleI CanHelpingSchoolDifferencesInfluencePolicyMaterialsSkillsDoctorsForeign PolicyEngineersProteinMalnutrition Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I like to believe that everyone is born with the same skill set, and that it is the influences that one comes upon.” BelieveBornInfluenceSkills Author:Ron Perlman
“Entertainers wrongly assume that their fame, money, and influence arise from broad knowledge rather than natural talent, looks, or mastery of a narrow skill.” LooksNaturalInfluenceTalentFameSkillsAssumingAriseBroadsMasteryEntertainersNatural Talent Author:Victor Davis Hanson