Improve Your People-Reading Skills

In this space I have written quite a lot about the importance of knowing, in a given situation, what other people are thinking, feeling, and trying to achieve. I have even lightly touched on some of the ways you can do this.

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Better to Listen Better

I’ve pounded the table many times about the importance of working well with others for a variety of good reasons, not the least of which is that it’s a way of helping maximize your own productivity and success. There are several keys

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Build Your Interpersonal Intelligence

The importance of interpersonal intelligence is clear, along with its relevance to increased productivity and success. So it’s no surprise that many people have asked me to say more on methods for acquiring and enhancing what many call “emotional intelligence.” Here, then,

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Minimize Awkward Moments

No matter how smoothly you navigate through most of your work and your life, you’ve undoubtedly suffered a few of those inevitable awkward moments. You know the kind: where your brain stops working and without warning you “choke” in the midst of

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When Others Say No

Unless you’re leading a totally charmed life, you’re going to be rejected. At some point, people will refuse you opportunities, refute your opinions, limit your choices, prove you wrong, steal credit that’s due you, and perhaps even take away a goal or

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Eliminate Some Time Wasters

It’s been a long time since I’ve thought specifically about “time wasters,” those ordinary actions and choices people make that suck time out of their days without providing any major benefits in return. I guess it’s because I’ve been largely focused less

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How to Earn More Personal Appreciation

An increasing amount of research is showing that strong, healthy relationships are among the most important elements that contribute to a life well-lived. That puts efforts to earn more appreciation from others at (or near) the top of the list, when it

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Stay In Tune with the Culture

It’s interesting how some of the newest, fastest-growing employers make a point of offering such amenities as free food and snacks, foosball tables in the break room, and corporate policies in support of continuing education, remote work, and paid time off. But

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Ways to Be Smarter

It’s not very charitable of me, but I’m firmly of the opinion that some people are more intelligent than others. And I’m also aware that some people – no matter where they are on the intelligence spectrum – routinely work hard to

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