9 Quotes by Patrick King

David Eagleman once wrote that everyone dies twice – first when we stop breathing, and second when your name is mentioned for the last time.

For instance, it tends to be easier for us to picture how frequently eating a load of greasy fast food meals is going to risk our heart health, but it’s harder for us to recognize how not exercising can place us at the same health risk. While we may actively avoid those oily take-out in an attempt to maintain a healthy lifestyle, we aren’t as likely to start an exercise regimen to support that same goal. It just doesn’t have the same psychological impact.

Rule of Improv Comedy: React to everything put in front of you, because it was probably put there for a reason.

Asking people for their advice or opinion is one of the best ways you can build instant rapport and become likeable in the eyes of many people.

Instead of walling off a conversation and saying you’d rather talk about something else, you bring in a deeper and more comprehensive level of analysis. This highlights your intelligence, but it also highlights your emotional engagement.

Being assertive is understanding that you can’t control what others may do, but you can control your own behavior.

What motivates you, and why?

If and When were planted, and Nothing grew.” – Proverb.

People don’t enter conversations, work or social, with the same intentions. You must understand and cater to that.