Fareed Zakaria Quotes

Understanding is a two-way street.

I think a good relationship is about collaboration.

In a partnership, it is good to have two partners who have complementary means of action, under the assumption that these two partners sufficiently talk to each other to find out what they want to do together

if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

We must lead, but we must listen.

In every relationship, you have to be a team.

When you work together in a creative way, you have to be less selfish about your ideas and learn to let both parties feel valued. Of course, that's also a really great quality to have in a relationship, too.

To get into another person's mindset and what they are trying to do with their project is a challenge, and it is what I like.

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

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership.

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

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

I don’t always agree with my wife, but we discuss the issue with love and respect. And then I say “yes.”

What I've learned - after working for, I guess, some time now - is when you're approaching a relationship like that, like, any working relationship, it's good to be open. To know that someone might have a different way of doing things and listen to them. And hopefully, you come to a common understanding.

Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!

Marriage is not all rainbows and butterflies; you have to give in to your partner's whims every now and then, and that's a two-way street.

When it comes to relationship compromise, it's a fine balance between doing something for your own happiness, and finding happiness in being of service to another person, in whatever way that ends up being.

Broadcasting is a team effort and two, or three, individuals not functioning as a team cannot be as effective as they can if they set aside their own agendas and focus on what they see on their TV monitors and embellish the TV personas of the talents involved. I've been blessed to have had many outstanding partners.

Interactions - whether personal or business, teacher-student, friend to friend, or family member - all call for balance, respect, and compassion.

The writing partnership is a good collaboration for the same reason the marriage works, which is two people who can stand alone choosing to stand together.

Collaboration is about listening to someone else and adding your own feelings about that thought.

The biggest thing that I learned is when you're building something - especially a project that requires partners - you have to make sure that there is a lot of overlapping desire and a lot of overlapping alignment with the people that you're doing work with.