Mardy Grothe Quotes

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist.

Respect is important, if someone has a very clear vision of what they want, as long as they find a way to communicate it, a respectful way…

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

Listen more than you talk.

If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.

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

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.

You cannot just dictate at negotiations. You must also listen.

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

We can argue and we can disagree, but we don’t need to poke our fingers in each other’s eyes in order to get our points across.

It's important to really listen to the other person and have them feel like they're heard, to make sure the relationship feels equal.

If your first objective in the negotiation, instead of making your argument, is to hear the other side out, that's the only way you can quiet the voice in the other guy's mind. But most people don't do that.

The key is that when we disagree, we really hear the other one out and agree that there is a more elegant solution than one of us 'winning.'

For any relationship to survive, one needs excellent communication.

Listen if you want to be heard

The key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

I don't just want to talk to the choir. I want to sit down and be respectful of the people who are most unlike me, to get them to hear me and think. It doesn't mean you're going to change them right there, but just so they can hear you and what you're saying.

The biggest mistake you can make in trying to talk convincingly is to put your highest priority on expressing your ideas and feelings. What most people really want is to be listened to, respected, and understood. The moment people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

Anna spoke not only naturally and intelligently, but intelligently and casually, without attaching any value to her own thoughts, yet giving great value to the thoughts of the one she was talking to.

People don't listen, they just wait for their turn to talk.

I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.

It is equally important to listen as it is to speak.