I've coached candidates, and the prevailing wisdom has been that politicians should appear dignified, presidential, in control of their emotions. What he's doing is something new, more like a celebrity or a reality TV star -- and it's working. Nick Morgan More Quotes by Nick Morgan More Quotes From Nick Morgan A language like Ruby is a toolbox with some really neat little tools that do their job really nicely. JavaScript is a leather sheath with a really really sharp knife inside. That knife can cut anything, and with it you can do anything. You can kill a bear. You can catch fish. You can whittle a piece of wood into a pony. It's even a toothpick. Nick Morgan knivescuttingjobs Being embarrassed means that you're human, and we like you better for it Nick Morgan familylovelife Speakers find joy in public speaking when they realize that a speech is all about the audience, not the speaker. Most speakers are so caught up in their own concerns and so driven to cover certain points or get a certain message across that they can't be bothered to think in more than a perfunctory way about the audience. And the irony is, of course, that there is no hope of getting your message across if that's all the energy you put into the audience. So let go, and give the moment to the audience. Nick Morgan letting-gogivingthinking The questionnaire is a simple first step toward becoming more self-aware. Nick Morgan simpleselffirsts The key is to become aware of how you are signaling your presence in meetings, conversations, speeches - everywhere you show up. Then you can take charge of them. Nick Morgan speechkeysconversation You have to learn to trust - and listen to - your unconscious mind. If you pose the question to your unconscious "is this person a friend or a foe" - safe or a threat - your unconscious mind is hard-wired to assess that brilliantly for you. It's just that we're not very good at paying attention to what our unconscious minds are telling us. Nick Morgan safemindattention Gestures come first! Before we're consciously aware of our thoughts, we start to gesture. Pay attention to your gestures, and others', and you can become a more powerful communicator. Nick Morgan gesturespowerfulattention There are four different kinds of power in a communication: position power (the CEO talking to her direct reports), emotion power (passion sometimes rules the day), expertise (people often listen to the most knowledgeable person in the room), and conversational power (the subtlest, this is the ability to direct the conversation through body language). Nick Morgan passioncommunicationtalking The Dalai Lama is my personal (and the world's) hero and has been for me since I was 17 and I first learned about him. His openness and acceptance of the world and his focus on others are constant inspirations for me. Nick Morgan inspirationacceptancehero Our conscious minds are rapidly overwhelmed with the few tasks that they attempt to manage. That's why our unconscious minds have evolved to handle so much of our thinking. Nick Morgan tasksmindthinking We are communal beings who love to get together in groups and share emotions - like sporting events, rock concerts and political rallies. We crave tribal membership. Nick Morgan rockspoliticaltogether The unconscious mind governs our decision-making, and much of our communications. It's imperative, if you want to be a successful leader, to become aware of these key human actions. Nick Morgan communicationkeyssuccessful People often think of the unconscious mind as "the gut" or perhaps the Freudian "sink" of repressed sexual desires. It's neither one of those things. It's the repository of memory, and it's the seat of decision making. Nick Morgan memoriespeoplethinking The conscious mind is easily overwhelmed. The unconscious mind is vast and far more powerful, but by definition we're not aware of it. Nick Morgan definitionspowerfulmind We all need to be astute in sending and reading power cues, so that we can prevent ourselves - and the world - from being manipulated by evil geniuses like Hitler. Nick Morgan readingevilneeds Don't let TV be a babysitter!!!! Nick Morgan babysittertvs First ask why, and decide whether something is worth doing. Only after that should you set about doing it as well as you can. Nick Morgan wellsshouldfirsts We have a Marlboro Man Theory of leadership and change, especially in America, but in fact anything great that's accomplished is accomplished by many hands. Nick Morgan menhandsamerica Indeed, we learn far more from our mistakes than our successes. Nick Morgan mistake Storytelling sticks in the mind because it attaches emotions to events, and that's the way we remember things. If you don't tell stories, no one will remember what you say. Nick Morgan eventsstoriesmind
