Communication Skills Quotes
Your attitude is the one thing in this world you have complete control over. You have full command. As empowering as that truth can be, there are some days we let down and give in to a bad attitude.
When you wake each day, it is your choice if you are going to use your attitude to your advantage or allow it to work against you.
If you want to fly high and go amazing places, your attitude is crucial.
Put yourself in the driver seat by designing the best attitude possible to help you get where you need and want to go.
At times, maintaining a positive attitude and outlook takes great risk, courage, toughness, and flexibility. It is not easy to stay positive in a cynical and negative world.
Remain vigilant and try diligently not to succumb to the soul-sucking, mind-numbing, ill-mannered attitudes that seem so prevalent in the world today.
Developing a positive attitude is one of the most transformational things you can do to shift your mindset, improve your disposition, manifest good things, and attract quality people into your life.
The benefits you will enjoy with a positive attitude have a multiplier effect and exponentially impact your personal well-being.
A positive attitude will not only make you more fun to be around, but it will bring more happiness and joy both into your life and the lives of those around you.
Surround yourself with positive people who ignite your energy and spirit.
Believe in your power to make happiness a choice—do so every day, until it becomes a lifelong habit.
A positive attitude feels a heck of a lot better than a negative one.
Learn to leverage the Law of Cause and Effect to your advantage in positive ways!
Many people go through life complaining, whining, and obsessing so much about what they don’t have that they are doing exactly what it takes to block it.
Would you like to feel a calm confidence when you walk into a room full of strangers, knowing that you can start new a conversation with anyone?
Your mindset brings together your attitude, perceptions, experience, interpretations, opinions, beliefs, values, and understanding to determine how you think, act, walk, talk, behave, and engage.
To say your mindset is critical to your success is a gross understatement—it is the underpinning!
Your mindset serves as the operating system for your entire life’s experience.
Your internal thoughts determine your outer world.
One would think that if people truly wanted to live incredible lives, they would do everything in their power to create a mindset which helped them get there. Right?
More people continue to be and do exactly the things in life that prevent them from getting what they want or from waking up excited about their day.
Since your mindset can make you or break you, how is it going? Is it representing you well or does it need a complete overhaul?
The Law of Cause and Effect is as active in your life as the Law of Gravity. It teaches us that for every action there is a reaction.
If you do nothing, you’ll have nothing. If you do something spectacular, you will have something spectacular.
Do you yearn for loving, loyal relationships? Be that for others
If you want to enjoy confidence, engagement, positive feedback, connection, and reward in your relationships, start being and doing what it takes to make it happen.
It is generally believed that nearly 40 percent of your first impression will be set from the tone of your voice. Your vocal thermometer can be more impactful than the actual words you use.
Your tone of voice can be conveyed in both the words you speak and in the words you write.
Your tone can represent the character of your business, the strength of your resolve, and express the depths of your convictions.
Align your voice value with the tone, pace, and pitch of your listeners will help you connect on all levels.
When your speaking style is clear, confident, and concise, your listeners will perceive you as such.
Developing your eloquence and enunciation will reduce the likelihood of misinterpretation and misunderstanding, making your delivery more powerful.
By speaking in a competent and confident way, your message will sound more relevant and appropriate, reflecting you in a favorable light.
Variety is the Spice of Life. Voices come in all shapes, tones, and sizes. Some are compelling and effective, while others are grating and agitating.
Think of the times that others remembered your name and used it kindly. How did it make you feel? When you use someone’s name it makes him or her feel recognized, appreciated, and special.
What determines whether the usage is acceptable or inappropriate? If you want to make a great first impression with positive impact, it is essential that you know there is a difference.
Active listening requires being fully present and engaged in the moment.
Becoming an empathetic listener helps you to better understand how another person feels and why they communicate as they do.
The process of attentive listening makes the other person feel important, valued, and heard. For Nick, listening was, and still is, love. I've never forgotten that precious moment—and the lesson!
Active listening is one of the best services a company can provide.
Every time you speak, you are using your voice to connect with others, whether it is in-person, on the phone, or in a recorded message.
Is your voice value delivering the image you wish to convey? Is your voice coming across as smart, friendly, and positive or ignorant, rude, and negative?
The way you deliver the words you say becomes your “vocal image. This "vocal image" can make or break your first impressions, impact your communication, and determine how people respond to you.
What can you do to ensure that your voice value translates into impression value?
Being grounded in your lifelong culture and your personal perspective, you are comfortable with the way you see things and may believe it is the best and only way.
Your first words will not only shape your first impression, they can create amazing connections, lead you to your dream job, or help you discover a new best friend—or accomplish exactly the opposite.
How do you minimize the awkwardness in that moment? What are some of the conversations starters you've used to open, encourage, and support enjoyable and beneficial conversations?
Think of the communication that takes place in your own life on a continuous basis—at home, at work, with friends, and beyond. When you actively listen to people, you enhance communication.
Listening actively confirms for people that you are positively receiving and thoroughly understanding the message they are conveying.
If the skill of participatory listening came effortlessly and easy for everyone, there would not be so many misunderstandings, communication breakdowns, irritations, and frustrations.