How To Be in the Top 10 of All Conversationalists
How to be a great conversationalist is a learnable skill. Scott Adams shares what he’s learned about how to be a great conversationalist.
Social Intelligence
Effectively negotiate complex social relationships and environments.
How To Choose a Friend
How do you choose a friend? The best way I heard it put is that a friend is someone you can hang out with, have fun with, and depend on. Here are five strategies for choosing better friends.
How To Use Imperfection to Get Your Ideas Adopted
Forget lengthy presentations and long-meetings. Get things half done, in half the time, and involve people in your solution to get better results. In the book, 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done, Peter Bregman shows you how to shoot for imperfection to get your ideas and solutions adopted.
How To Get Somebody to Listen to You
If you want somebody to listen to you, you need to first give the other person some psychological air. Listen until the other person feels understood, affirmed, validated, and appreciated. You can do so through empathic listening. Once the other person has their psychological air, they’ll be ready, willing, and more able to listen to you.
Empathic Listening: The Highest Form of Listening
Empathic listening is the highest form of listening. Empathic listening is not listening until you understand. It’s listening until the other person feels understood.