Hasso Plattner Quotes

You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

When we see something as a problem, we have to try and solve it and the best way is generally through education.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I do avoid different things I don't send any messages in doing so.

As with real reading, the ability to comprehend subtlety and complexity comes only with time and a lot of experience. If you don't adequately acquire those skills, moving out into the real world of real people can actually become quite scary.

Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse.

I think people should try to teach young children that these qualities - stubbornness and a capacity to listen - might look like they are opposites, but they are not.

Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.

Effective listening is something that can absolutely be learned and mastered. Even if you find attentive listening difficult and, in certain situations, boring or unpleasant, that doesn't mean you can't do it. You just have to know what to work on.

I've learned so much as both a writer and a human.

I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.

I've learned in most areas of my life, to bounce heated choices off other people. Co-workers, my agent, my wife, a sponsor, etc. A majority of the time, that keeps me on the right side of things.

I spent so many years just saying what I felt without thinking about the ramifications, without understanding that I have this opinion but not everyone might share that opinion and now they don't like me because of it.

I think because I've been working in front of audiences for so many years, I'm able to take in the input, good or bad, and just say, 'This is the part I agree with that you're saying, and these are the parts I don't agree with.'

I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.

I'm passionate about the issues that I care about, and I'm a really good listener.

I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing.

I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.

Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

I believe you learn social skills by mixing with people.

Openness is something any teacher strives to instill in his or her students.

When you talk, you only talk about something that you already know. But when you listen, you can learn something you don’t know.

People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.