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Fear is a tool, fear is fuel, fear is to be partnered with, we can listen to our fears to point us in the direction we need to walk. – Ted Gonder

…careers often do not move in straight lines, and we never know when the right (or wrong) opportunities are going to present themselves.

We constantly have to listen to the voice within and remind ourselves of what we want.

When you make eye contact, you are actually listening to someone – you are validating their reason for being and they in turn will value yours.

The worst things in history have happened when people stop thinking for themselves and listen to other people and, even worse, start following other people.

…humans, particularly those who build things, only listen to leading indicators of good news. – Andy Grove

During the [one-on-one] meeting, since it’s the employee’s meeting, the manager should do 10 percent of the talking and 90 percent of the listening.

…communications has proven as elusive as the unicorn. The noise level has gone up so fast that on one can really listen anymore to all that babble about communications. But there is clearly less and less communicating.

…the people who are running a new venture need to spend time outside: in the marketplace, with customers, and with their own salespeople, looking and listening.

A boss is anyone who has the power and anyone who is likely – let alone certain – to be listened to when he or she has an opinion about you, your performance, your work, your competence and qualifications.