Corey Johnson Quotes

The beauty of social awareness is that a few simple adjustments to what you say can vastly improve your relationships with other people.

You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do.

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

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

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

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

The greatest skill that I have is what the viewer has: I listen. I try to listen silently.

I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

We lack social awareness because we're so focused on what we're going to say next - and how what other people are saying affects us - that we completely lose sight of other people. This is a problem because people are complicated. You can't hope to understand someone until you focus all of your attention in his or her direction.

Listen more than you talk.

Keep your mouth shut and see what's happening around you. Don't finish people's sentences for them. Don't just hear what they say, but also how they behave while they're saying it. That was great training for writing.

Communication is so key.

I love, I love human beings, studying them.

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

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

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 have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

I spent over 90 percent of my time talking to people who didn’t have to listen to me.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

Listening is a master skill for personal and professional greatness.

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