How To Get People To Like You in 5 secs Or Less!
Hello Guys 'n Dolls!
I hope you all had a great weekend and so far, a wonderful Monday to get the week going...and remember, it's going to get to the next day - with or without you!
LOL
A warped bit of humor.
Anyway, I was reading an article by James Altucher...How to get people to like you in 5 secs or less. Here are the summary points...take what you will...or better still, let me know if it works!
- Ask a question
- Smile
- Listen
- Shut down your brain
- Dress nice
- Everyone has it hard - don't fake sympathy or sincerity - respect everyone's battle
- Relate
- Interrupt
- Make people laugh
- Be yourself!
I found these points very interesting. I have not tried them out yet.
Please let me know when you do!
Namaste
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Does no. 4 have anything to do with the white noise of daily distractions? If so, I have to work on that one! :)
Great list! Thanks for sharing.
LOL...shut down your brain- it means just take a five - right there and then - just don't try to dissect, over-cook, over-analyze, over-everything.
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I can try most of them, but my brain usually shuts down of it's own accord! Thanks, Michelle :)
Hey there, Jean.
Just that - if someone is talking, just say 'excuse me, did you just say....yahda, yahda, yahda' - interrupt their speech vs waiting till they are finished and you forgot what you wanted to ask them then and there.
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Agreed. It doesn't seem to fit and I would find it hard to do. Most people don't like to be interrupted IMHO.
I see now. Probably it's because you condensed what the author said, that is, didn't give his elaboration of "Interrupt" and that's why it didn't make sense.
Okay with your elaboration that does make sense. To me that also falls under active listening, but I don't want to split hairs. :).
Let's see. I've done pretty much all of these. At work lol
3, 6, 7, 9 & 10 are my main ones. I work in public transportation. I love to drive. And I love talking to people. Most days there's 9 out of 10 passengers with whom I carry on with and have a good time. That's the NUT in me :-)
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1. Pay them a compliment.
Everyone has something you can compliment them on - and if they're having a rough day you'll brighten it for them.
Saw this girl in the post office once. She was NOT having a good day. She was plain, looked a mess, as glum as glum can be and her attitude made it clear we customers were all sheer pain. I had to wait in line so I watched her - and thought to myself "Must be something - I think she likes her hair."
So I said "Your hair looks lovely today."
She perked up, half glared, said "You really think so?"
I said "Yes - it's lovely shiny."
That's all it took to make her day better and brighter; 5 words put a spring in her step and a smile on her dial - Don't even know her name but I have never forgotten her. It was like a flower finding the sun and I still look for her in the PO. If she sees me she still smiles and waves.
So. Pay a compliment.
(+NB. It's not a compliment if it doesn't sound genuine.)
Absolutely! I couldn't agree more. I try to give 3 compliments each day - nothing over the hill - just genuine thoughts. Thanks so much for sharing, Cate ( my 1st compliment for today:)
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