Tag your #bff ❤️Social Skills That Will Make You #Successful In Every Aspect Of Life
1. Speak Less, Ask More
One of the most important #social #skills you can develop is the ability to ask questions; not in an interrogating way, but in the way that will help you understand people better & strengthen your #relationship with them. People love talking about themselves, so asking questions that trigger #memories (i.e. “What was it like for you when…?”) or cause them to give their opinion (i.e. “What do you think about…?”) will put you in the driver’s seat by allowing them to be the center of the conversation.
2. Make Eye Contact
Making #eyecontact with the person you are speaking with #facetoface is an outward expression that you are fully engaged with that person.
3. Show #Positive #Body Language
Keep yr head up, shoulders back & chest out. How you carry yourself can impact how you #think & feel about yourself.
4. Praise People’s Strengths
Giving praise to someone else is a sign of #confidence on yr part & a tremendous confidence builder for the other person, a great way to bring out the best in them.
5. Smile More
Research shows the #confident people smile more. I’m not saying walk around with a beaming #smile from ear-to-ear at all times–that’s creepy. #Smiling at others will trigger the mirror neurons in their #brain to smile back at you–it’s contagious.
6. Say Nothing
Sometimes people don’t need to hear yr opinion. The next time you want to chime in and give empirical data supporting your side of an argument, stop & ask yourself the question, “Do I want to be #happy, or do I want to be right?” More times than not, being happy means conceding the argument & enjoying the #company of others.
7. Focus On The Bright Side Of Things
Refuse to be that person who transmits negativity through yr #family, #friends & coworkers by complaining all the time. Instead, be that person who can look at the bright side of a difficult situation & keep tough times in perspective. This doesn’t mean to be unrealistic & overly-positive, it means to be that person who can look adversity in the face & #focus on what you can control.
-From lifehack.org #Success #Sunday
