SOCIABLE
Definition: inclined to friendly communication; open to conversing; neighborly; agreeable to a free exchange of ideas
Balancing Quality: Attentive
Note: The best communicator is the person who is the best listener; one who is genuinely interested in the views and lives of others.
Compatible Quality: gracious, humorous
Familial Quality: companionable
Too Far: garrulous, nosy
Quotes:
We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. — John Hoyer Updike (1932-2009) American novelist
It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they’re physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected. — Robert J. Waldinger (1951-) American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, & Zen priest
SUCCINCT
Definition: particular and concise <especially in speech>
Derivation: Middle English, “to encircle”
Quotes:
One needs to continually make sense of a bafflingly complex, constantly changing environment. Brief, succinct quotes can quickly produce clarity amid moral murkiness. — Valhalla Vale (1944-) Japanese American writer, interviewer, & musician
By loving people without cause, one discovers indubitable causes for loving them. It would be hard to find a more succinct description of the chief work of the Holy Spirit in the human heart. — Lionel Mordecai Trilling (1905-1975) American critic, writer, & teacher