One of my tenets is this: life is too short to waste it dealing with poisonous people and having toxic relationships. If you believe you may have one or more toxic relationships in your life, then one of the key people skills for you to master is recognizing and managing such relationships. In my work […]
Continue reading... March 5, 2011
How to Make People Like You
Let’s face it: we’re all social animals and we want to be liked by others. That’s perfectly fine, as long as you don’t become desperate for people’s approval and feel shitty when someone doesn’t like you. It’s cool to want to know how to make people like you. One of the central benefits of having […]
Continue reading... March 1, 2011
The Benefits of Coaching
In the realm of personal development, there are two things I passionately believe in: people skills as a worthy set of skills to develop and coaching as a worthy method to employ. I believe in coaching because I believe in the benefits of coaching. Coaching can take your personal development further and faster than any […]
Continue reading... February 25, 2011
How You Fuck Yourself Emotionally
This week I’m somewhere up in the mountains, delivering a communication and public speaking training. I can see snow and skiers out the window; it’s a pretty epic scenery. Today was speech delivery day. Each participant to the training delivered a speech and received feedback on it, from myself and from some of the other […]
Continue reading... February 22, 2011
Extra Golden Nuggets and One Free Ebook
Some exciting things have happened this week (and it’s only Tuesday), two of which I think you’ll find particularly interesting. The Facebook Page The first thing is that I have launched the People Skills Decoded Facebook Page. It’s not an alignment with a fad, it’s something I seriously reflected upon and I decided to create […]
Continue reading... February 15, 2011
What Makes a Good Manager?
Make no mistake about it: effective management is a challenge. There are many managers, but there are few good managers. I believe the foundation of becoming a good manager is, first of all, understanding what makes a good manager. In my communication coaching work, I often help managers identify and develop key management skills. In […]
Continue reading... February 10, 2011
Low Self Esteem
Low self esteem seems to be one of the most devastating psychological conditions alive. Millions of people struggle with low self esteem, as it sabotages their people skills, their social lives, their careers and almost every other area of their existence. Overcoming low self esteem can be done successfully. I’m going to touch on this […]
Continue reading... February 6, 2011
How to Make Friends
I am a firm advocate of a rich social life, in terms of quantity and quality. I believe that knowing how to make friends is one of the most important people skills one can master. Most of the people I know who are truly happy with their lives nourish it with meaningful relationships and social […]
Continue reading... February 1, 2011
Top 10 Conversation Topics
Recommending people conversation topics is tricky. Personally, tuning my people skills, I have learned to talk about anything and everything. I can do this now, not because I know a lot of stuff (which I don’t), but because I can relate with people on any subject. Simultaneously, I am aware that particularly when you’re talking […]
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