Kyle Quotes

I think I am quite a good listener.

I think I'm a pretty good listener.

I'm a pretty good listener.

A good listener goes a long way.

I think I'm generally a good listener anyway.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

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.

Listen more than you talk.

We're losing social skills, the human interaction skills, how to read a person's mood, to read their body language, how to be patient until the moment is right to make or press a point. Too much exclusive use of electronic information dehumanises what is a very, very important part of community life and living together.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.

It’s important for me to hear others position and understand them.

We don’t need a speaker; we need a listener!

People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.

I just think there's a real art in listening. I need to listen.

Negotiation is empathy. It's almost trite to say that if you can't put yourself in the seat of the other person you're speaking with, you're not going to do well. It's not about being a bully, not about making offers people can't refuse.

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

We lack social awareness because we're so focused on what we're going to say next - and how what other people are saying affects us - that we completely lose sight of other people. This is a problem because people are complicated. You can't hope to understand someone until you focus all of your attention in his or her direction.

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.

I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

Effective listening is something that can absolutely be learned and mastered. Even if you find attentive listening difficult and, in certain situations, boring or unpleasant, that doesn't mean you can't do it. You just have to know what to work on.

It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement.