Betsy Hodges Quotes

Most of the people that I deal with are human. So I've had a lot of experience with that.

I'd like to think my strengths are in connecting with people and the relationship aspect of this business.

Real estate sales was perfect training for the experience to go into public life because you learn to accept rejection, learn to meet new people, learn to work with people and find common ground. That's the way you sell houses... that's also the way you win over constituency.

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.

Communication is an issue where we can improve, and if I can do anything to help, I am happy to.

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

Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

I'm engaged: I'm interested in other people. I think that's just as important as knowing how to do the job.

I don't put together cars, I put together people.

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.

Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.

I need to be in front of my obstacle. I like to have a back dialogue; I like to talk with people; I like to share ideas.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Training to be a therapist teaches you to shut up and listen, and that is certainly useful as a writer.

In most job interviews, people say they are looking for people skills and emotional intelligence. That's reasonable, but the question is, how do you define what that looks like?

I make it a point to go home every weekend so I can meet with Georgians and hear from them directly.

Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.

It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

I believe you learn social skills by mixing with people.

For a coach to be able to help you, they need to get to know you well. They need to see what's happening - that you are not in the mood to talk, or something like this. It is very hard to find the right person.

I'm a problem solver. I love people. The more complicated they are, the more I get into them, and I just want to understand what makes them tick.

We hope to encourage George and Charlotte to speak about their feelings, and to give them the tools and sensitivity to be supportive peers to their friends as they get older.

My job is to make life better for people, and you cannot make life better if you are in a helicopter. You can't make life better for them if you can't touch them.