Lee Gutkind Quotes

My advice to all interviewers is: Shut up and listen. It's harder than it sounds.

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

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.

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.

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.

I think I'm generally a good listener anyway.

I'm a good listener.

Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen.

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

I think I am quite a good listener.

I feel like I'm a good listener.

Listening is an art.

My policy with interviewing is I'm not there to teach the people I'm across from a lesson.

Why do people who consider themselves good communicators often fail to actually hear each other? Often it's due to a mismatch of styles: To someone who prefers to vent, someone who prefers to explain seems patronizing; explainers experience venters as volatile.

A good listener goes a long way.

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

Here is why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot speak so I listen very well. I never interrupt, I never deflect the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. ...I beg of you, pretend you are a dog like me and LISTEN to other people rather than steal their stories.

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

The only thing I'm nervous about is talking to guests like human beings, because all of my interviews so far have been attacking people. I have a genuine concern about sitting across from an actor whose movies I obviously haven't seen.

I don't think you can be a good listener unless you're a good listener. I think it's something that you really have to do, and if you really do it, then you can do it. If you don't do it, then you can't do it.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.

The most important thing to do is really listen.