I grew up in southwestern Michigan where a lot of farms grow blueberries. My cousin Chris grew up there too and then moved to central Illinois where no farms grow blueberries. Every year during blueberry season Chris would go back to Michigan to visit her parents and she would bring blueberries back to central Illinois…
The reason is that they understand that failure is the pathway to success. The process goes something like this: Successful people try something, fail and then learn from their failure. This makes them smarter than they were before they failed. They try again, fail and learn more about what they’re trying to accomplish. They continue…
One habit that’s all too easy to fall into is to treat people like light switches–turn them on when you need their help, then ignore them until you need their help again. When you treat people this way, you send them a very clear message that you’re taking them for granted. Once people receive this…
People have an insatiable need to be appreciated. If you can satisfy this need, you will have them eating out the palm of your hand. One very easy way to do this is to complement people, in a sincere way, for any number of reasons: things they have accomplished, the outfit they are wearing, how much you like their…
If you want to improve your people skills, take the time to show those around you that you are truly interested in what they have to say. Start out by asking a question or encouraging others to talk to talk about themselves. Then, while they are talking, focus solely on them, make eye contact, nod…