David Brock Quotes

That's pretty much what every scene is about, getting people to see your point of view. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

The reason Trust is requested is because the person seeking Trust realizes that Trust is the key to Yes.

If you are in a leadership position, do not rely on your title to convince people to follow you. Build relationships. Win people over. Do that and you will never be a lonely leader.

You can't influence somebody when you're judging them.

Trust is the conduit for influence; it's the medium through which ideas travel.

There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

Soft words and hard arguments.

Human relationships are at the core of political success.

How do you convince somebody to host a stranger for the weekend? That's not a trivial thing. It's not something I think you can throw technology at, marketing at, or sales at. We threw design at it because that's all we knew, and in doing so, I feel like we brought a human touch to it, which is so needed.

Building trust means thinking about trust in a positive way.

I wrote "Win" for people on both sides, legitimately on both sides. If you're a Democrat listening to this right now, you - the whole playbook is in this book. If you're a Republican, and you're frustrated because Barack Obama is a great communicator, the playbook is in this book. And if you're a corporation who wants to satisfy his - their employees, how to do it is in this book. And finally, if you're an employee and you want to get a raise, whether at NPR or anyplace else, it's in this book.

When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.'

Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life.

The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.

I think parenting well is not so different than trying to consider how to be successful at any relationship. Like, how do you partner well? How do you collaborate well? How do we have this conversation well? You know, you're always trying to figure out what "well" means, so I think parenting is another version of that.

Trust is precious and easily wasted, and guessing is a lousy foundation for future progress.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.

You do not get what you want. You get what you negotiate.

You don't go to the people that are just like you. You go to the people that you have to earn their credit.

Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time.

After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over.