These are the quotes I used in my World-Class Communicator Online Training Course.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -Will Durant-
The easier you can make it inside your head, the easier it will make things outside your head. -Richard Bandler-
The generalizations we make about ourselves, others and the world and our operating principles in it. Beliefs act as self-fulfilling prophecies that influence all our behaviours. -Joseph O’Connor and John Seymour –
Belief systems consist of several beliefs that support and reinforce each other. Believe in your limits and they are yours. What man believes he can achieve.All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in our beliefs. -Anthony Robbins –
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude…I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you…we are in charge of our attitudes. -Charles Swindoll-
It is the nature of your thinking that makes the difference. -Sue Knight-
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. – Warren Buffet –
We all run different strategies to manage our life, from the way we brush our teeth, to the way we make love… Some of us are just better at them than others… -Toby McCartney-
The difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich have learned to recognize the value of their thoughts. – Paul McKenna –
Wisdom comes from multiple perspectives. -Gregory Bateson-
There are no facts, only interpretations. – Friedrich Nietzsche –
Put yourself in your customers’ shoes often enough to discover what their core desires are. – Jose Ucar –
Start with the end in mind. -Stephen Covey-
Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects. – Dalai Lama –
Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance. -Brian Tracy-
I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We’re made to grow. You either evolve or you disappear. – Tupac Shakur –
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. -Napoleon Hill-
Charisma is the ability to influence through relationships. -Michael Grinder-
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done. – Dwight D. Eisenhower –
Curiosity didn’t kill the cat; ignorance did. -Dr, Scott Zarcinas-
The reason we’re successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course. – Freddie Mercury –
Rapport is the ability to enter someone else’s world, to make him feel that you understand him, that you have a strong common bond. -Tony Robbins-
Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you’re conscious of the other side’s posture, mannerisms, and word choices, and the more you subtly reflect those back, the more accurate you’ll be at taking their perspective. – Daniel H. Pink –
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said. -Peter Drucker-
It is impossible to not communicate. – Paul Watzlawick –
I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions. -Lou Holtz-
When we study human language, we are approaching what some might call the “human essence,” the distinctive qualities of mind that are, so far as we know, unique to man. – Noam Chomsky –
Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end, because once you get there, you can move mountains. -Steve Jobs-
At the edge between the known and the unknown there is a fertile place, full of possibility. Playing at the edge can lead us to experience fresh new learning, creativity, joy and wonder. – Steven D’Souza and Diana Renner –
Let your life mean something. Become an inspiration to others so that they may try to do more and become more than they are today. -Thomas D. Willhite-
Influence is about going back to our humanity, to our essence, and reaching a deep connection within ourselves that creates a magnetic field around us that impregnates others and enables them to transcend the boundaries of what they thought was humanly possible. – Jose Ucar –
Passion is the thing that will help you create the highest expression of your talent. -Larry Smith-
Your number-one mission as a speaker is to take something that matters deeply to you and to rebuild it inside the minds of your listeners. We’ll call that something an idea. -Chris J. Anderson-
No one can remember more than three points. – Philip Crosby –
If you don’t know what you want to achieve in your presentation, your audience never will. – Harvey Diamond –
Stories are how we learn best. We absorb numbers and facts and details, but we keep them all glued into our heads with stories. -Chris Brogan-
People talk in stories, and so must we. -Luke Sullivan-
A story is a trick for sneaking a message into the fortified citadel of the human mind. -Jonathan Gottschall-
Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make but about the stories that you tell. -Seth Godin-
When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion. -Dale Carnegie-
Create an amazing first impression that wins the hearts and minds of your audience. -Jose Ucar-
Life happens at the level of events. Trust only movement. -Alfred Adler-
Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking. – Peter Guber –
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. – Ralph Waldo Emerson –
The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you send but by what the listener receives. -Lilly Walters-
You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. -Marcus Aurelius-
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality. – Earl Nightingale –
If you asked me, I believe that as speakers we have a great responsibility, and that is to enable people to learn in the way that is best for them, because our mission is not to transmit information but to transform people’s lives by sharing our excellence in our own unique way. From a short business presentation to a worldwide summit, it is not about the size of the event, it is about the magnitude of our desire to positively impact others which creates the ripples that bring the human race together and change the world. -Jose Ucar-
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