Les Brown Quotes

I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.

Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.

One of my strengths is my ability to talk and communicate with people.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

Intelligence, knowledge or experience are important and might get you a job, but strong communication skills are what will get you promoted.

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

An important part of dating is communicating. We communicate by sharing our thoughts, ideas, and feelings. We enjoy being with someone when we have an easy time communicating or when we have a lot to talk about.

The best police officers I know (no matter what their physical stature) have one common trait: their ability to communicate with others. Personally, I do not have the physical stature to dominate those with whom I come in contact, so I have had to develop excellent communication skills that help me talk people into handcuffs.

I believe that Attorney Fortuno has some styles that it seems to me are going to foster dialogue and good communication, and I hope I am not mistaken.

It may sound like showing off, but I am good in communications and in creating harmony.

We have to teach girls communication skills.

Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.

Learning how to get a point across is pretty useful in any situation.

Persuasiveness is really just about getting your ideas across without being forceful. It's a skill that can be learned and is useful for anyone who works in a team environment.

The key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

Effective communication is fascinating to me yet bad communication is just as fascinating. There are lessons to be learned from both. I can't say I am a natural communicator, it's taken a lot of work to be able to develop content relevant to the audience and deliver it with credibility. My initial natural ability tended to be more around the visual display of information. For years I was more comfortable visualizing other people's great thinking. I preferred to be hidden behind the curtain than a thinker myself.

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure.

The writing is all done, so it's all about verbalizing everything from point A to point B, and certainly there's a bit of politics involved, so it's a different thing.

People who wish to go into the future should have two skills to succeed - the ability to deal with people and the ability to sell.

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

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

I have a talent for dealing with difficult men.