Be a People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships
updated 14h ago
updated 14h ago
The best way to become a person that others are drawn to is to develop qualities that we are attracted to in others.
julie added 3mo ago
Whatever your position in a relationship, if you are aware of a problem, it’s your responsibility to make a concerted effort to create a positive change. Quit pointing your finger and making excuses, and try being a catalyst by demonstrating and initiating the appropriate behavior. Determine not to be a reactor but an initiator.
julie added 3mo ago
In life, you are either going to see people as your adversaries or as your assets.
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Charismatic people have the ability to show concern for people’s deepest needs and interests. That doesn’t mean charismatic people are mushy or patronizing, but when you are around them, you sense their interest and care and leave them feeling that you are important.
julie added 3mo ago
What’s the key to relating to others? It’s putting yourself in someone else’s place instead of putting them in their place.
julie added 3mo ago
He gave me a simple definition, one that makes “charisma” easy to grasp: Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you. In other words, don’t try to sell other people on you, try to sell them on themselves.
julie added 3mo ago
That grumpy woman didn’t deserve to be treated kindly. But when she was treated not as she was, but as I wanted her to be and believed she could become, her perspective suddenly changed.
julie added 3mo ago
Put simply, charismatic people are helpers. They are out to see others profit; they have the gift of grace.
julie added 3mo ago
Seizing this golden opportunity, I said, “Elizabeth, if you want people to act right toward you, you act right toward them. And many times you’ll change them.”
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