The art of conversation lies in listening.
Interpretation
Effective conversation requires active listening rather than just speaking.
The quote emphasizes that true conversation is not just about sharing one's thoughts, but rather about listening attentively to others. By valuing the input of others, we enrich our discussions and foster deeper understanding and connection.
In practice
During a team meeting, you can use this quote to encourage team members to listen to each other's ideas.
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While I'm listening, my own judgments and prejudices certainly come up. But I know I won't get anything unless I get those things out of the way.
The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, 'Me, too!' versus 'So what?'
Once you can clearly describe what you are reacting to, free of your interpretation or evaluation of it, other people are less likely to be defensive when they hear it.
We move but our words stand become responsible for more than we intended and this is verbal privilege
I'm not an interviewer. I have conversations.
Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and also things we wish we didn't.
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