Tracy McMillan Quotes

Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.

The more socially intelligent you are, the happier and more robust and more enjoyable your relationships will be.

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.

It's a difficult question of relations between people.

I'm not good at confrontation. I know my strengths. I like company. And I am not a great arguer... I do find it much easier talking to people I like about things we both like.

We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that we can raise our kids properly.

I like tough relationships. I think relationships with conflict are good for you - you learn. But you can't listen too much. I have a strong point of view, and it's important that I fight for my ideas.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

You can be happy, or you can be right. If you want to be part of a couple and win every argument, you're in trouble.

The ABC's are attitude, behavior and communication skills.

I had an amazing experience working with great people. I had a great family, a typical family with drama in certain areas, and that's pretty much everywhere in everyone's life.

It's been 32 years of learning to communicate. We have had ups and downs.

I'm good at many, many things, but the one thing I've never been good at is relationships.

Always having to have the last word is a bad trait. Pisses people off.

It's more important to get along with people than to get ahead of them.

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father.

Every relationship you have, you're learning and growing and taking something from that.

A little secret - I'm the child of a shrink. I am; my mom's a shrink, and my father's a lawyer. So believe me, I analyze and negotiate. That is a huge amount of the director's work, especially when you're working with people who - such a variety.

I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.

But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.

I'm a private person by nature. I live in my brain half the time, not the world, and I'm not a natural negotiator. But I've learned to negotiate.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

I think relationships are really hard. Each one gives you lessons that you need.

Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.