Hillary Scott Quotes

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.

Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

Well, then we got to know each other and eventually worked out a bit of idea of management.

What I've learned - after working for, I guess, some time now - is when you're approaching a relationship like that, like, any working relationship, it's good to be open. To know that someone might have a different way of doing things and listen to them. And hopefully, you come to a common understanding.

Honestly, being in a band with two guys has prepared me so much for when it's time for me to get married!

If the auto plants in Detroit would just sit around the table and say, 'What do we gotta do to make this thing work?' Instead of, 'I want this and I want that.' They might make it.

My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.

I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives.

If you want help from partners, that means listening to them every once in a while.

A huge amount of negotiations and diplomacy has nothing to do with bartering or arguing but is just trying to get everyone [doing the negotiating] on the same page. It takes yours, days, even weeks sometimes.

Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.

Choose the path of dialogue rather than the path of unilateral decisions.

Heck, nobody gets along perfectly. But what we have is respect for one another. We have a system where one guy can veto anything.

The story of the merchant is told by the marketer. They need each other, and if they get along, it's peanut butter and jelly. If they don't, it's oil and water.

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.

I like to exchange ideas because we all want to win. If a footballer doesn't agree, then you try and have a chat to work things out.

In a way, sometimes collaborating is more difficult because you have to listen.

Anything you do as a group is fraught with compromise... But everyone 's got to do that, right? It's part of being a good parent, or a good boyfriend, whatever.

Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.

Politics is not really different from marriage. You cannot get things done in your relationship if you tell your wife: Look, if you haven't made the bed and if you don't get the food on the table, I will go and just hire someone and you will become irrelevant. That is not how you make a marriage work.

I'm a very friendly person, and I think that's had a big impact on my work because I tend to be pretty good with not trying to always win every argument and things like that. I just sort of try to bring a lot of people together to talk.