Mark Goulston Quotes

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.

She was a genius at listening.

Women love to talk, so you gotta be the guy that listens - not just listens but is interested.

If I have any talent, I think I have an ability to listen to people and also just meet them on their level.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

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

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Communication is so key.

I taught myself to tune in to another person's wavelength, figure out what they were looking for, and try to project that thing back at them.

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

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.

I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.

Listen with your eyes for feelings.

In doing what I'm doing, you have to be sensitive to the fact that you're not dealing with numbers, you're dealing with people. And I will continue to be sensitive to that.

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.

The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking about.

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?

We don’t need a speaker; we need a listener!

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

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

I'm a pretty good listener.

I think, to be a great conversationalist, you need to be interested in being in said conversation. Oddly enough, I think you need to be a great listener, and I do think I'm a good listener. I think that's my asset - I always listen to people when I talk to them, and that's a big thing you have to have in life and in podcasts.