第一章 為什麼人際關係對成功很重要?
如果你私底下覺得某人是個微不足道的無名小卒,那麼面對面的時候,你也無法讓他覺得他有任何重要性。
You can’t make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody.
──萊斯.吉柏林(Les Giblin)
人際關係的源頭始於尊重,你必須打從心底看重他人、尊敬他人。
When it comes to relationships, everything begins with respect. With the desire to place value on other people.
第二章 我需要瞭解別人什麼?
人與人之間過半數的紛爭與衝突,並不是來自意見的差異或無法達成共識,而是彼此間缺乏瞭解所致。
Half of all the controversies and conflicts that arise among people are caused not by differences of opinion or an inability to agree, but by the lack of understanding of one another.
當我們瞭解對方的觀點──瞭解他嘗試要做的事──十次有九次,他想做的都是對的。
When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint - understand what he is trying to do - nine times out of ten he is trying to do right.
──杜魯門總統(President Harry Truman)