Patrick Lencioni Quotes

Don’t talk to the people until you’ve listened to the people.

Instead of talking in the hope that people will listen, try listening in the hope that people will talk.

I’ve learnt to listen. I don’t think I always did listen. Not just in plays, but in life. And you have to hear what people are saying before you can respond.

Here's what I would want for humanity, because this is what I have come to see is true: it's so simple when we listen to people.

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

I remember very vividly what it's like to be a child. The adults you liked were the ones who listened to you when you spoke and gave you time to say what you wanted to say and actually listened, and quite often reacted as a result of what you'd said.

In a leadership role in Iraq and in running my own business, what I've learned is if you don't listen, you're going to strike out. You're going to fail miserably. The people you work with have got to know you're engaged and you're listening.

People like to be consulted.

It's so easy to butt into a conversation and offer your own thoughts or opinions, but try not to interrupt. Instead, focus on what the other person is saying, think twice and be the person that listens. It's so much more valuable than constantly talking.

When people are saying something to you, you gotta listen to them.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

What people really want, no matter who they are, is someone to listen to them. ... people have a lot on their minds, however trivial, and if you're simply willing to sit there like a sack of dirt and let them yammer, they will tell it to you.

Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming them into our very beings. The beauty of listening is that those who are listened to start feeling accepted, start taking our words more seriously and discovering their true selves.

A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was preparing dinner. "Mom,guess what ?" she squealed waving the drawing . her mother never looked up. "what"? she said ,tending to the pots. "guess what?" the child repeated ,waving the drawings. "what?" the mother said , tending to the plates. "Mom, you're not listening" "sweetie,yes I am" "Mom" the child said "you're not listening with your EYES

If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

In life we listen to other people. Listen with varying degrees of concentration and attention, right? Actors must learn to listen in a different way.

There is a craft and a power in listening.

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to.

What most of us want is to be heard, to communicate.

If you can listen well, people will say you're a good conversationalist.

It is not the hearing that improves life, but the listening.

Most people never listen.

Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking where they should be listening.

I think the lesson that I learnt very early on was to listen to people you work with, because you're all in it together.