effective communication quotes

If you want what you’re saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody’s life. Your own, first.

You gotta make sure the listener is listening to you, so if you put it into a song, often times, if the song is striking enough, then you can really deliver the story most effectively while keeping the ear of the listener the whole time.

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man’s most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

I am not one who – who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

Talk low, talk slow and don’t say too much.

The first time you say something, it’s heard. The second time, it’s recognized, and the third time it’s learned.

Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply.

I try to speak in a way that people can understand.

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.