Daniel Lubetzky Quotes

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

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.

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

I hope it goes beyond meeting with them to a willingness to listen and compromise on issues.

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.

The more people talk directly to each other, the better. Dialogue is the way of solving issues.

Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.

When people realize they're being heard, and have a seat at the table, things seem to work out.

I think I'm always trying to see the other's point of view, dealing in a very heart-to-heart way.

We need to understand the other side to impact the other side. We become much more effective as humans and leaders when we engage in hearty conversations with those who are different from us, not necessarily to change our opinions, but to build the empathy muscle.

If I disagree with someone, I let them have their say and move on. I don't want to be the one to lecture.

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

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.'

How else are we going to get anywhere if we can't talk to each other?

When you're not being heard - I can't tell you what to do when you're not being heard. I do think there is a way to move in love and get things done, though.

If the auto plants in Detroit would just sit around the table and say, 'What do we gotta do to make this thing work?' Instead of, 'I want this and I want that.' They might make it.

We can't always agree on everything.

Approach your business partners with concepts that they can get their heads around, and try to respond to their needs.

I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.

Communication between band-mates is imperative. Communication is the key to any healthy relationship. If I need to be checked, I expect to hear it put in plain words what my faults are, and give my band-mates the ultimate consideration by shutting up and listening, then acting on the advice given. Same goes for anyone else in any band.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.

Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.