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Getting Along With People – Be Like-Able
One of the greatest predictors of a person’s success is their ability to get along with a wide range of people. Job skills without people skills can make your work life unnecessarily difficult. Billy Florence is a master at people skills.
Orrin Woodward: If a young professional was interested in developing their people skills what’s one tip you’d give them, Billy?
Billy Florence: Orrin, I’d suggest that you focus on developing their relationship skills in baby steps. It takes persistence and practice. I’ve noticed that many of the people who do this best, had to learn this skill over time.
Orrin Woodward: That’s sensible. What is a first baby step?
Billy Florence: Step one would be to focus on the word “like.” Orrin, if we genuinely like people, like to talk to them and like to be helpful to them; they will genuinely like us, too.
Orrin Woodward: I agree, Billy. And thanks for stressing the quality of being genuine. It is vital.
Billy Florence: How about you, Orrin? What do you suggest for the second baby sep?
Orrin Woodward: I’d add “able” to the word “like,” Billy. I’ve known some brilliant and talented people, who make it tough for others to be ‘able” to like them.
Billy Florence: What’s causes that difficulty, Orrin?
Orrin Woodward: I’ve noticed that they have parts of their attitudes or personality that can be described as “scratchy.”
Billy Florence: Scratchy?
Orrin Woodward: Yes! They can often rub people the wrong way.
Billy Florence: So, am I hearing you say that developing the skill of genuinely liking people and listening to them is an excellent exercise for smoothing out any scratchy personality patches?
Orrin Woodward: Exactly.
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Keywords: Orrin Woodward, Billy Florence
One of the greatest predictors of a person’s success is their ability to get along with a wide range of people. Job skills without people skills can make your work life unnecessarily difficult. Billy Florence is a master at people skills.
Orrin Woodward: If a young professional was interested in developing their people skills what’s one tip you’d give them, Billy?
Billy Florence: Orrin, I’d suggest that you focus on developing their relationship skills in baby steps. It takes persistence and practice. I’ve noticed that many of the people who do this best, had to learn this skill over time.
Orrin Woodward: That’s sensible. What is a first baby step?
Billy Florence: Step one would be to focus on the word “like.” Orrin, if we genuinely like people, like to talk to them and like to be helpful to them; they will genuinely like us, too.
Orrin Woodward: I agree, Billy. And thanks for stressing the quality of being genuine. It is vital.
Billy Florence: How about you, Orrin? What do you suggest for the second baby sep?
Orrin Woodward: I’d add “able” to the word “like,” Billy. I’ve known some brilliant and talented people, who make it tough for others to be ‘able” to like them.
Billy Florence: What’s causes that difficulty, Orrin?
Orrin Woodward: I’ve noticed that they have parts of their attitudes or personality that can be described as “scratchy.”
Billy Florence: Scratchy?
Orrin Woodward: Yes! They can often rub people the wrong way.
Billy Florence: So, am I hearing you say that developing the skill of genuinely liking people and listening to them is an excellent exercise for smoothing out any scratchy personality patches?
Orrin Woodward: Exactly.
© provided to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx blog by Esource News.
Keywords: Orrin Woodward, Billy Florence