Brian Tracy Quotes

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

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

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.

Effective listening is something that can absolutely be learned and mastered. Even if you find attentive listening difficult and, in certain situations, boring or unpleasant, that doesn't mean you can't do it. You just have to know what to work on.

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

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.

People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.

I didn't mean to offend anybody. It's my filter. I constantly work on it.

I had to learn to be more open with people and to know how to show that I was interested in them.

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my accent.

Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.

Work is a different type of pursuit than relationships. You can't take the skills that you know that have gotten you into that great school or into that great job and apply them to your relationships.

I spent so many years just saying what I felt without thinking about the ramifications, without understanding that I have this opinion but not everyone might share that opinion and now they don't like me because of it.

Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying.

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

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

I'm fortunate enough to have learned not to waste time getting frustrated with my kids, or co-workers, or friends and family for not doing everything I wish they would. If someone doesn't respond to me the way I want them to, I understand that it doesn't have anything to do with me.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.

Continuing to listen and grow is important because we get into bad habits in relationships.