THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

to expose my opinions and experiences and my tender feelings. Who knows what will happen? But unless I open up with you, unless ...

When I say empathic listening, I am not referring to the techniques of "active" listening or "reflective" listening, which basic ...

"It looked as if I were going to lose the deal. I had been working on this deal for over six months and, in a very real sense, a ...

"What's the situation?" he asked. Sandra described the symptoms and he said, "Okay. I'll call in a prescription. Which is your p ...

sentiment and emotion. You can play 20 questions all day and not find out what's important to someone. Constant probing is one o ...

really understand? Let's look more carefully at the son -- not just his words, but his thoughts and feelings (expressed parenthe ...

to close up. It is, however, a first-stage skill because it at least causes you to listen to what's being said Mimicking content ...

"You don't want your mother to find out." "Well, not really. Oh, I guess you can tell her. She'll probably find out anyway. Look ...

When people are really hurting and you really listen with a pure desire to understand, you'll be amazed how fast they will open ...

You may look at the world through spouse-centered glasses; I may see it through the money-centered lens of economic concern. You ...

the logic, the reasoning part of the presentation. Notice the sequence: ethos, pathos, logos -- your character, and your relatio ...

You're not wrapped up in your "own thing," delivering grandiose rhetoric from a soapbox. You really understand. What you're pres ...

We interact back and forth and try to visualize the situation in a very real way so that we can train ourselves to be consistent ...

I take as my guide the hope of a saint in crucial things, unity -- in important things, diversity -- in all things, generosity - ...

You're not sure when you engage in synergistic communication how things will work out or what the end will look like, but you do ...

I was deeply involved in the process. In fact, I was almost mesmerized by it because it seemed so magical and creative. And I fo ...

practical and useful. Synergy in Business I enjoyed one particularly meaningful synergistic experience as I worked with my assoc ...

However, the essential purpose behind creative work can be recaptured. Like the Far Eastern philosophy, "We seek not to imitate ...

There are some circumstances in which synergy may not be achievable and no deal isn't viable. But even in these circumstances, t ...

empathically and seek first to understand, they create within themselves and between them a comprehensive picture of the values ...