Professional and Personal Motivation

SOME VALUABLE THOUGHTS Part 2

Copyright 1997 Ike Siddiqi  Ike_Siddiqi@Hotmail.com

Published on Tim Richardson's home page

Look at Part I

PEOPLE

- Have real & sincere interest in people

- Smile at people

- People's name is the nicest sound in their language

- Listen attentively and encourage people to talk about themselves

- Talk about subjects that are of interest to people

- Make people feel important and admire them sincerely

HAPPINESS - Be in a good mood

- Live and let live

- Respect people's lifestyle

- Positive criticism

- Show sincere appreciation

- Be polite

CONVINCING - Avoid arguing

- Respect people's opinion

- Do not tell people they are wrong

- If you are wrong, admit quickly and explicitly

- Start friendly

- Get people in yes-yes mood

- Let people talk

- Make people believe they invented the idea

- Put yourself in other people's shoes

- Be sympathetic to people's ideas and desires

- Impact on people's fair play

- Visualize ideas

- Challenge people

CHANGING - Be positive and show sincere appreciation

- Advise people's mistakes indirectly

- Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing people

- Give orders in an inquiring way

- Do not hurt people

- Admire graciously and enthusiastically the slightest improvement

- Give people enthusiasm to keep up

- Encourage people by letting their improvements look easiy to achieve

- Make people love to do what you would like them to do

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