Practice Good Listening

Tips to Improve People Skills The Japanese have a simple but insightful proverb that’s worth posting somewhere near your desk. It goes like this: “Those who talk, sow; those who listen, reap.”

Behave in a Way That Secures Relationships

Tips to Improve People Skills The best way to build and maintain a relationship is to apply both the Golden Rule and the Platinum Rule. One encourages you to treat others as you want to be treated, and the other requires that you treat others...

Don't Take Yourself Too Seriously

Tips to Improve People Skills Life, work, and relationships are important, and require serious attention. But don’t be so serious about everything that you don’t laugh, smile, or be happy. If you take yourself too seriously, others will begin to look at you as someone...

There is No Right or Wrong

Tips to Improve People Skills There are times when we like to think that we’re right and someone else is wrong. But there are never absolutes when people disagree. Sometimes, we like to convince ourselves there are, but that’s wrong in itself.