Michelle Tillis Lederman Quotes

Being authentic will get you where you need and want to go, and it will be your path to building the most meaningful and enriching connections with others.

It is through the strength of what is genuine that meaningful connections build into relationships.

By approaching your interactions through the lens of likability, you can expect to be happier, more comfortable, and more successful in establishing meaningful relationships.

Harnessing likability is about uncovering what is authentically likable - in you, in the other person, in your connection.

To make meaningful connections in an authentic way, you have to project the best parts of your true self. In other words, before you expect others to like you, you have to like you--that is the law of self-image.

If you jump to conclusions about someone based on limited, proscribed interactions, you close the door to the possibility of deepening your connection.

Listening is a powerful building block: Continue improving your listening skills and your likability will naturally increase.

Effective listening is the single most powerful thing you can do to build and maintain a climate of trust and collaboration. Strong listening skills are the foundation for all solid relationships.

Building relationships is not about transactions - it's about connections.

But continuing to initiate conversations and be curious about people is fundamental to building valuable relationships, because curiosity creates connections - that is the law of curiosity.

Curiosity creates connections.

Whether they stem from business or personal situations, our relationships are what support us, connect us, and allow us to progress in all aspects of our lives.

If you want to make others feel good, start by feeling good yourself.

It's not what you say, it's how you say it.

Often we are not even aware of the energy we ourselves are giving off. Energy impacts our communication, and it can either work for us or against us.

Genuine curiosity can lead to more authentic, engaging conversations, which lay the foundation for sustained relationships.

Perception is reality, and self-image is self-perception.

Self-image is the basis for how you experience--and are experienced by--the outside world.

It is far easier to make a good first impression than to change a bad one.

Holding ourselves back may keep us safe, but it also means sacrificing how much we can grow and limiting what we can achieve.

Communicating what we appreciate by saying nice things has powerful results for ourselves and those around us.

Our perceptions of others are our realities about them. This is the law of perception.