Paul Walker Quotes

My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.

I think I am a pretty good at understanding each character of each person I meet.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine; I'm more interested in people.

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do.

Watch people and how they handle other people. You have to stay open and keep your eyes open to them.

Whenever I'm trying to understand people that I don't understand, or things in people or even in myself, I'll say, 'When did this negativity get here?' I try to think back to how I was raised to deal with things, and then consider how the person that I'm dealing with grew up.

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.

Understanding people certainly impacts your ability to communicate with others.

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

I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior.

Communication is an issue where we can improve, and if I can do anything to help, I am happy to.

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

To be a great leader, you firstly have to like people. If you don't like people, at the end of the day they will figure this out and you can't lead them too well.

I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give.

I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.

I'm engaged: I'm interested in other people. I think that's just as important as knowing how to do the job.

That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen.

I think creative people need to do a bit of, you know, tuning into every radio station - you just do, otherwise you don't know much about other people. You kind of have to learn a bit about yourself so you can work out how we all behave and why we do the things we do.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.

I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.