Relationship Quotes Quotes

Would you like to feel a calm confidence when you walk into a room full of strangers, knowing that you can start new a conversation with anyone?

~ Susan C. Young

Your mindset brings together your attitude, perceptions, experience, interpretations, opinions, beliefs, values, and understanding to determine how you think, act, walk, talk, behave, and engage.

~ Susan C. Young

To say your mindset is critical to your success is a gross understatement—it is the underpinning!

~ Susan C. Young

Your mindset serves as the operating system for your entire life’s experience.

~ Susan C. Young

Your internal thoughts determine your outer world.

~ Susan C. Young

One would think that if people truly wanted to live incredible lives, they would do everything in their power to create a mindset which helped them get there. Right?

~ Susan C. Young

More people continue to be and do exactly the things in life that prevent them from getting what they want or from waking up excited about their day.

~ Susan C. Young

Since your mindset can make you or break you, how is it going? Is it representing you well or does it need a complete overhaul?

~ Susan C. Young

The Law of Cause and Effect is as active in your life as the Law of Gravity. It teaches us that for every action there is a reaction.

~ Susan C. Young

If you do nothing, you’ll have nothing. If you do something spectacular, you will have something spectacular.

~ Susan C. Young

Do you yearn for loving, loyal relationships? Be that for others

~ Susan C. Young

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~ Susan C. Young

If you want to enjoy confidence, engagement, positive feedback, connection, and reward in your relationships, start being and doing what it takes to make it happen.

~ Susan C. Young

Love is not always fireworks and magic. Often we’ll experience it in the form of patience, acceptance, loyalty, and mutual respect.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Shared beliefs and values form the heart of every successful relationship and ultimately determine its success.

~ Frank Sonnenberg

Your tone of voice is less about what you say and more about how you say it. It enhances or diminishes the language you use, how you construct your sentences, and the way your words sound. It represents the emotional expressions of your thoughts, feelings, and attitude.

~ Susan C. Young

It is generally believed that nearly 40 percent of your first impression will be set from the tone of your voice. Your vocal thermometer can be more impactful than the actual words you use.

~ Susan C. Young

Your tone demonstrates. . .•,Energy•,Volume•,Sincerity•,Confidence•,Happiness•,Sadness•,Preoccupation•,Anger•,Efficiency•,Empathy

~ Susan C. Young

Your tone of voice can be conveyed in both the words you speak and in the words you write.

~ Susan C. Young

Your tone can represent the character of your business, the strength of your resolve, and express the depths of your convictions.

~ Susan C. Young

Does your tone match your intention? Is your tone of voice confusing or clarifying? Are you coming across to others as you had hoped? Once you begin to notice your tone, you can adjust as needed to make it work in your favor.

~ Susan C. Young

Heed Your Speed. Are you a fast or a slow talker? Be mindful towards the person with whom you are speaking to ensure that your message is being comprehended, understood, and absorbed. If they are listening at a slower rate than you are speaking, disconnect can occur.

~ Susan C. Young

As a professional speaker, I speak rather quickly with enthusiastic energy and emotion. This doesn’t always sit well with people who like to speak at a slower pace and need more time to process. What I have learned through years in this profession is that to be more effective I must adapt my pace to the comfort level of my audience. When I am speaking to academics, engineers, and doctors, I speak with a slower pace than the one which I use with sales people, customer services teams, or teenagers.

~ Susan C. Young

Align your voice value with the tone, pace, and pitch of your listeners will help you connect on all levels.

~ Susan C. Young

Have you ever paid notice to the full sound range of your voice? If you have ever been in a chorus or a singing group, you already know that they will separate the group based on each singer’s pitch and assign their roles accordingly. While my speaking voice has a soprano pitch, my singing voice is a lower alto.

~ Susan C. Young

A high-pitched voice may sound less authoritative, more youthful, and less experienced, whereas, a lower pitched voice may be perceived as being more authoritative, confident, and credible. It is unfortunate that listeners will make assumptions based on these differences before even knowing the depth and value of your message. Play with your ranges and find a comfortably low pitch. Practice it to see if it makes a difference in conveying more authority and brilliance.

~ Susan C. Young

When your speaking style is clear, confident, and concise, your listeners will perceive you as such.

~ Susan C. Young

Developing your eloquence and enunciation will reduce the likelihood of misinterpretation and misunderstanding, making your delivery more powerful.

~ Susan C. Young

By speaking in a competent and confident way, your message will sound more relevant and appropriate, reflecting you in a favorable light.

~ Susan C. Young

Variety is the Spice of Life. Voices come in all shapes, tones, and sizes. Some are compelling and effective, while others are grating and agitating.

~ Susan C. Young

The list below begins to illustrate how different personalities can be assigned to different vocal qualities . . .•,Warm•,Loving•,Breathy•,Gravelly•,Dull•,Nasal•,Rough•,Hoarse•,Gruff•,Melodious•,Whiny•,Sultry•,Twangy•,Energetic•,Shrill

~ Susan C. Young

Your Signature Sound. In music, voice value is categorized for singers, composers, and listeners. Whether a performer’s voice type is soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, or bass, they all have unique characteristics that make them unique and impressive. You, too, have a signature sound that is uniquely yours and makes you stand apart from the crowd.

~ Susan C. Young

Neen James (NeenJames.com) is an eloquent and successful international speaker who stands at four-feet-eleven with a rich Australian dialect and a high-pitched voice. For years, fellow speakers with good intentions told her she needed to take voice lessons to lower her pitch to give her more depth for a compelling stage presence. With complete confidence and loyalty to her uniqueness, she ignored the naysayers and her amazing signature voice has become a powerful brand.

~ Susan C. Young

Most people are familiar with the rich, resonant tones of James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman. Their signature voices bring strength, authority, and lyrical enjoyment. Are there aspects of your voice that you can capitalize on to make a great impression and be simply unforgettable?

~ Susan C. Young

Think of the times that others remembered your name and used it kindly. How did it make you feel? When you use someone’s name it makes him or her feel recognized, appreciated, and special.

~ Susan C. Young

A Sign of Respect. As our world grows more casual, we observe a tendency for everyone to use first names rather than surnames. “It is a pleasure meeting you, Mrs. Young,” has a completely different connotation than “Nice to meet you, Susan.

~ Susan C. Young

What determines whether the usage is acceptable or inappropriate? If you want to make a great first impression with positive impact, it is essential that you know there is a difference.

~ Susan C. Young

I was raised in an era when part of respecting your elders was to call them by Mr. or Mrs. When my children were growing up, an occasional child would call me Susan. It was jarring, felt disrespectful, and I did not like it. We reached a mutual agreement and their friends began calling me Ms. Susan. Perhaps this is more prevalent in the South, however, your awareness and consideration can help prevent social missteps.

~ Susan C. Young

It is wise to use titles for people in positions of power, higher education, seniority, or maturity, unless otherwise instructed. This may sound old-fashioned, but practicing respectful traditions will earn you points and inevitably make you seem more cultured and sophisticated. This is especially true with older generations.

~ Susan C. Young

To call certain people, such as your boss, teachers, professors, doctors, your parent’s friends, etc. by their first names might be considered disrespectful. It is best to err on the side of caution until you know what is appropriate.

~ Susan C. Young