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In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1999 the top three skills in demand were teamwork, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. We need schools that are developing these skills. -- Linda Darling-Hammond
Believe it or not, Marshal, I believe in talk therapy, basic interpersonal skills. I have this radical idea that if you treat a patient with respect and listen to what he's trying to tell you, you just might reach him. (87) -- Dennis Lehane
While most of today's jobs do not require great intelligence, they do require greater frustration tolerance, personal discipline,organization, management, and interpersonal skills than were required two decades and more ago. These are precisely the skills that many of the young people who are staying in school today, as opposed to two decades ago, lack. -- James P. Comer
I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone. -- Ashwin Sanghi
Here is just the beginning of a list of skills that exam results cannot possibly hope to reflect: interpersonal skills, the ability to entertain, how articulate we are as speakers, our ability to work as part of a team, the ability to deal with challenges and invention. -- Alexandra Adornetto
Treat them all the same by treating them differently. -- Stephen Covey
I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow. -- Stephen Covey
To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent. -- Stephen Covey
The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems. -- Stephen Covey
To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. -- Stephen Covey
You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into! -- Stephen Covey
How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one. -- Stephen Covey
If you want to have a more pleasant,cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, emphatic, consistent, loving parent. -- Stephen Covey
To receive gratitude with grace is a form of gratitude by itself, and not always an easy art to master. -- Stephen Covey
When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection. -- Stephen Covey
A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships. -- Stephen Covey
It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field. -- Stephen Covey
Whether or not we belong to a church or service organization or have a job that provides meaningful service opportunities, not a day goes by that we can't at least serve one other human being by making deposits of unconditional love. -- Stephen Covey
We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others based upon their own principles and their own value system rather than their moods or anger. -- Stephen Covey
People with a scarcity mentality think there is only so much in the world to go around. It's as if they see life as a pie. When another person gets a big piece, then they get less. Such people are always trying to get even, to pull others down to their level so they can get an equal or even bigger piece of the pie. -- Stephen Covey
Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike. -- Daniel Goleman
You're talking about a younger generation, Generation Y, whose interpersonal communication skills are different from Generation X. The younger generation is more comfortable saying something through a digital mechanism than even face to face. -- Erik Qualman
When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence. -- Stephen Covey
If the way you've been treating me is a mark of fondness, maybe you'd better take a fresh look at your interpersonal communication skills. -- Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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