John Fishman

“Deep listening means leaving where our mind is and starting the conversation where their mind is. It means listening from within their frame of reference, not just ours.”
― William Ury, Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict

“When you give up the unwinnable struggle to do everything, that’s when you can start pouring your finite time and attention into a handful of things that truly count. When you no longer demand perfection from your creative work, your relationships, or anything else, that’s when you’re free to plunge energetically into them. And when you stop making your sanity or self-worth dependent on first reaching a state of control that humans don’t get to experience, you’re able to start feeling sane and enjoying life now, which is the only time it ever is.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

“The truth is kaleidoscopic, it has many mirrors, and it can be viewed from a variety of angles.”
― Colum McCann, American Mother

“Listening is the quiet soul of storytelling”
― Colum McCann, American Mother