Richard Branson Quotes

The more people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

We must put ourselves in the place of those who are to hear us

Working with different people anyway is like life and meeting different people... as long as you can be empathetic, you can take a bit of them on and see what you can do to help their process. That said, my relationship with Woody Allen was trying to hang on his every word so that I could tell everybody what he said afterwards. But certainly, he was a very good example of somebody who you didn't hear talk above a very low volume for the entire time he was on-set.

That's pretty much what every scene is about, getting people to see your point of view. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

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.

I spend most of my life just listening to people.

When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.

Understanding people certainly impacts your ability to communicate with others.

We are opinionated society. We're very happy to spout forth our own views; we're not good about listening. We have to listen to other's stories. Learn to listen to the stories of the terrorists just as we hope that they will listen to ours because very often these narratives express frustrations, fears, and anxieties that most societies can safely ignore.

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.

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

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.

We need to learn to observe and listen to people more to get to know them.

I used to not listen that much, but I've really learnt to listen to other people and to really listen to what they're saying. I've found, especially being on a film set, people have so many different stories; if you just listen, you can pick up so much stuff. I try to listen as much as I can.

The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion, and there's 400 people there, everybody comes up and tells me their stories, right? And I think that when you're a good listener, and you can imagine how someone's talking, dialogue is your key friend, is it not?

For most of your career, what you're trying to do is to step into other people's shoes.

If you keep an open mind, you can learn so much from the people around you.

I take time to be with people, and I learn a lot.

I like learning more about people; I like to talk to people.

I'm incredibly tenacious, but I also try so hard in my work to really listen to people and address their point of view. In the end, I always remember who I'm an advocate for.

Empathy begins with understanding life from another person's perspective. Nobody has an objective experience of reality. It's all through our own individual prisms.

How can you build something for someone else if you don't have enough familiarity with them to imagine the world through their eyes?

I love to learn about people.

I want to spend time sitting down with as many people as possible and learn the important issues before us.