Quotes about Conversations

Every action taken by a human being is based in love or fear, not simply those dealing with relationships. Decisions affecting business, industry, politics, religion, the education of your young, the social agenda of your nations, the economic goals of your society, choices involving war, peace, attack, defense, aggression, submission; determinations to covet or give away, to save or to share, to unite or to divide - every single free choice you ever undertake arises out of one of the only two possible thought there are: A THOUGHT OF LOVE OR A THOUGHT OF FEAR. FEAR is the energy which contracts, closes down, draws in, runs, hides, hoards, harms.

LOVE is the energy which expands, opens up, sends out, stays, reveals, shares, heals.

FEAR wraps our bodies in clothing, LOVE allows us to stand naked. FEAR clings to and clutches all that we have, LOVE gives all that we have away. FEAR holds close, LOVE holds dear. FEAR grasps, LOVE lets go. FEAR rankles, LOVE soothes. FEAR attacks, LOVE amends.

Every human thought word or deed is based in one emotion or the other. You have no choice about this because THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE. But - you have free choice about which one of these to select.

I think that while markets are conversations, marketing is a story. Starbucks creates conversations among customers, so does Apple. The NYSE makes a fortune permitting people to interact with each other. But great marketing is storytelling, and if you’ve been to a Broadway show lately, you’ll notice that audience participation is discouraged. That doesn’t mean that great playwrights don’t listen! They do. They, like great marketers, listen relentlessly. They engage in offline conversations constantly. They poll and they do censuses and most important, they have true conversations with small groups of real people. But THEN, they tell a story.

Always enter conversations with a Repeat Offender with built-in emergency exits, such as saying beforehand that you need to make an important phone call.

Life is a creative process, not a journey of discovery or a school of learning. You're not discovering yourself, but recreating yourself. So don't try and figure out who you are, but establish who you want to be. You create your reality every minute, probably without realizing it. You can be, do, and have whatever you can imagine. Didn't I say you were gods?