Ed Townsend Quotes

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.

We think the ability to rattle off people you are grateful to and thankful to is often sort of a proxy for openness to learning from others.

The first thing we need allies to do is listen. Come to us with a willingness to grow and evolve. You're going to make mistakes, and that's fine, but be willing to listen and grow from those mistakes. I think that's the most important trait an ally can have.

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.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.

I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.

It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

If we learn not humility, we learn nothing.

When I'm making something, I've always felt in charge and therefore able to call the shots. But what you've got to do is stop that turning into arrogance or despotism!

A leader should not be obstinate, but must think of the people.

When you can listen to others' perspectives, we can learn about the other people that make up this great country.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

If they give you good words to say, and you don't get in the way of them, you'll be OK.

Connecting with people who are able to maintain a sense of humility is really useful.

Learn how to humble yourself, and be able to take advice and not feel like you know everything.

In reporting, you will often be humbled by the courage others have in telling and trusting you with their tale, no two alike.

I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.