Anne Sweeney Quotes

You don’t address their brains. You address their hearts.

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol, which both of us connect with the common sentiment or idea; and thus by communicating an impulse he can move the will.

Howard Stern was the only one that was able to get through to me.

You have to walk in the other guy's moccasins. You have to think what they think. If you want to bring somebody onto your side, you have to figure out what motivates them. What do they need?

And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.

If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.

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

People want to feel understood by their leaders.

In order to move others, I must be moved.

We strive to do stuff that connects with people.

I don't see myself as a leader, I just feel that everything I say, people are listening and people are doing.

Unless you listen, people are weazened in your presence; they become about a third of themselves. Unless you listen, you can't know anybody. Oh, you will know facts and what is in the newspapers and all of history, perhaps, but you will not know one single person. You know, I have come to think listening is love, that's what it really is.

If you want to make a difference in the lives of the people you lead, you must be willing to walk alongside them, to lift and encourage them, to share moments of understanding with them, and to spend time with them, not just shout down at them from on high.

I think I was able to talk to people about values in ways that people - in ways that resonated with folks.

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

It's good to find common ground with people. When you find common ground and you see things from other people's perspective, you can have a voice in their lives, you can have an influence.

I think I'm realizing I've always been able to move people, just getting people to talk.

I think you can be the greatest orator of all time, the greatest motivator of all times, but if those players know that you don't care about them, and you don't try to understand them, then they're never going to hear what you have to say.

It is acceptable to bring someone to tears if it explains to them in an emotional way why a product, a service, or a candidate is the right person, is the right thing to do.

Oprah's stock in trade has always been her powerful unmediated connection. She could feel your pain and empower you to talk about it.

The portal into people's hearts is being interested in them.

One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.