Why do you want to connect with people anyway? Well, for many reasons not the least of which it makes life so much more interesting. If you are the type of person who wishes that you could interact better with people, who sees others interacting in social settings that are attractive to you, then this is for you. Connecting and interacting is a gift for some. Having an outgoing nature and a gift for gab comes easy for many people and they can use this gift to their advantage.
If you don't have it, you can acquire some degree of skill interacting and networking if you choose to work at it. Another great audio program that I have listened to repeatedly is by author and trainer Leil Lownes. 62 Tips on Connecting With Anyone is full of great suggestions on how you can improve your interpersonal skills and begin connecting with other people in a very positive way right away. However, this type of training is again part of your lifelong educational process. Half of the battle is admiting that you need help in this area. The other half is getting that help.
In this program, Lownes offers many suggestions that apply to a wide variety of settings and situations for connecting with people. Again, as a student of this program, one must be very open to suggestions that appear to be a bit uncomfortable.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Still sitting out ...
For the upcoming election, I am still sitting out the discussions. I know who I am voting for but I am not discussing it.
Why? The whole discussion becomes so polarizing. I watched the first debate. It did nothing to change my mind. In fact, I really don't even want to discuss the debate or the election at all.
Whoever is elected will be our President and that is what we have to work with for the next four years. Then, get on with the business of being the best version of yourself, regardless of who wins the election.
Why? The whole discussion becomes so polarizing. I watched the first debate. It did nothing to change my mind. In fact, I really don't even want to discuss the debate or the election at all.
Whoever is elected will be our President and that is what we have to work with for the next four years. Then, get on with the business of being the best version of yourself, regardless of who wins the election.
Continual Education
Actually, everthing you are exposed to every day has educational value. Every conversation that you have with peers, coworkers, friends, colleagues, customers, and even chance encounters with people who you don't know offer you an opportunity to learn and to compare what you learn to what you know.
With age should come wisdom and often wisdom is linked to remembering what you have learned and applying it to whatever you are encountering. One mistake that we must avoid is that we have learned enough up to this point to get us through the next year, month, next week, or even the next hour. We always need to grow and learn.
With each passing year, it becomes more clear that I really don't know as much as I thought I did. I am amazed by how much I can learn from all kinds of people. It helps to just be open to learning.
With age should come wisdom and often wisdom is linked to remembering what you have learned and applying it to whatever you are encountering. One mistake that we must avoid is that we have learned enough up to this point to get us through the next year, month, next week, or even the next hour. We always need to grow and learn.
With each passing year, it becomes more clear that I really don't know as much as I thought I did. I am amazed by how much I can learn from all kinds of people. It helps to just be open to learning.
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