Marcus Lemonis Quotes

I'm a very good listener. I think that's one of the things that makes me a good producer. But it's a challenge for me because my custom is to listen and absorb what someone is saying and take it in, and not necessarily comment.

I think one of the things I really learned in Denver is the value of being a good listener.

I definitely learned a lot about how to be more communicative with my crews.

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

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

The ability to take another perspective has become one of the keys to both sales and non-sales selling. And the social science research on perspective-taking yields some important lessons for all of us.

It’s important for me to hear others position and understand them.

I can be incredibly focused, and I can appear impatient. So I've learned to slow down, get to know people, and provide more context. There's nothing wrong with getting to the point pretty quickly, but it's also helpful to give people an opportunity to talk about their work.

It's important to learn how to have conversations with other people where it's not debating but discussing.

Negotiation is empathy. It's almost trite to say that if you can't put yourself in the seat of the other person you're speaking with, you're not going to do well. It's not about being a bully, not about making offers people can't refuse.

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

My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems. How you deal with people - that's what diplomacy is all about. So while I'm not a career diplomat, many of the skills I had seemed to directly translate into the diplomatic arena.

That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen.

There are a lot of things that need to be done to improve communications.

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.

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.

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

It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I know how to work around certain things.

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

You cannot just dictate at negotiations. You must also listen.

In my mind, a good leader would say, 'OK, I need to sit down and talk to the guys who oppose me. Let me let them voice their opinions; let me get their thought process.'

A great listener - that was my talent!

When people realize they're being heard, and have a seat at the table, things seem to work out.

Someone who's a really good engineer is someone who's a little bit smarter than you but who also listens to you and doesn't impose agendas.