Jay Duplass Quotes

But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated.

At work, conversation increases productivity. And yet people go into work, put on their headphones. In one interview, somebody called it - they become pilots in their own cockpits.

I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

In any interview, you do say more or less than you mean.

It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.

I remember very vividly what it's like to be a child. The adults you liked were the ones who listened to you when you spoke and gave you time to say what you wanted to say and actually listened, and quite often reacted as a result of what you'd said.

If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.

People like to know you're listening, and something as simple as a clarification question shows not only that you are listening but that you also care about what they're saying. You'll be surprised how much respect and appreciation you gain just by asking good questions.

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.

Great reporters get people to talk to them. Master reporters get people to want to talk to them.

Don’t talk to the people until you’ve listened to the people.

Public diplomacy should be more ear driven than mouth driven.

Whenever I think I'm going to get certain information out of a person, it's never as effective or comfortable as just having an open conversation, listening to them, being present, and being open to hearing something I didn't even know they were going to say.

It's so easy to butt into a conversation and offer your own thoughts or opinions, but try not to interrupt. Instead, focus on what the other person is saying, think twice and be the person that listens. It's so much more valuable than constantly talking.

At Ford, one of the behaviors is you listen, and you don't have side conversations during the meeting. It's just so important everybody stays focused.

If you interrupt somebody too early, if you miss it and don't interrupt at all - that's the difference between a good interview and a bad interview. It's about the absolute moment.

I think communication should be fun and that we should all worry less about how we say things and more about what we say.

If I walk into a room of 500 people, my standard is, if I can't give 400 or 450 of you something, a language or a new way of seeing something, then I have failed. If I get 100 of you, I am a failure. I have to get a majority.

Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're already miles down the road; to redo; to live with unexpressed and unsolved problems; to deal with the results of not giving people psychological air.

People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks.

If you're not listening, you're not learning.

If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

There is a craft and a power in listening.

In churches, we live with the danger of one-way verbal traffic.