Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

What isthe shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback isone of the essential elements of good communication.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.