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The Power of People Skills

John C. Maxwell, a leadership expert and executive coach, recognizes the value of people skills below.  We couldn't agree more! 

"By far the greatest obstacle to success that I see in others is a poor understanding of people. A while back the Wall Street Journal published an article on the reasons that executives fail. At the top of the list was a person’s inability to effectively relate to others.

One day I was talking to someone who was complaining about not winning a business contract that he had bid on. “It wasn’t fair,” he told me. “All the people involved knew each other, and we didn’t have a chance. It’s all politics.” But then what he went on to describe wasn’t politics. It was relationships.

Authors Carole Hyatt and Linda Gottlieb indicate that people who fail on the job commonly cite “office politics” as the reason for their failures, but the reality is that what they call politics is often nothing more than regular interaction with other people.

If you haven’t learned how to get along with people, you will always be fighting a battle to succeed. On the other hand, making people skills a strength will take you farther than any other skill you develop. People like to do business with people they like. Or to put it the way President Theodore Roosevelt did: “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”

You can view the originial blog post by John here.  For more on the author and his leadership advice, visit http://johnmaxwellonleadership.com/.

Attitude

Attitude:

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”

--Charles R. Swindoll

7 Habits of Extraordinary People!

Dumb Little Man suggests seven straightforward ingredients for life success.  For more in depth explanation, visit the original article here.

1. The Habit of Awareness
Don’t close your eyes to problems you have, but be aware of them and act accordingly.

2. The Habit of Self-Investment
Invest time in yourself by reading books, fictional or not, searching the internet for specific information about time-management, personal growth, productivity and other important areas of your life.

3. The Habit of Early Rising
Not only does it give you many more hours in your week, but it also opens your mind and gives you room to think, feel and be.

4. The Habit of Exercising
Not only does it give you many more hours in your week, but it also opens your mind and gives you room to think, feel and be.

5. The Habit of Self-Love
Practice self-care on a daily basis by journaling, eating well, unplugging, playing and resting.

6. The Habit of Gratefulness
Create a Top 10 list of things you’re grateful for and update it constantly to never get out of touch with the abundance that surrounds you.

7. The Habit of Relationships
There’s so much to be learned in this world and what better way to do that than from those who share your attitude of self-empowerment?

Six Thought Provoking Quotes from Albert Einstein

Review the original article here. 


1.  “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”

2.  “To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.”

3.  “The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions…Our inner balance, and even our very existence, depends on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to our lives.”

4.  “Life is all about choices. How many people are trapped in their everyday habits: part numb, part frightened, part indifferent? To have a better life we must keep choosing how we’re living.”

5.  “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

6.  "There are only two ways to live your life: one is as though nothing is a miracle; one is as though everything is a miracle."

Friday Quote!

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

- Leo Tolstoy

Tips on Managing Oneself!!

Peter F Drucker - Managing Oneself - a synopsis from mutex07

Invaluable career and personal development advice!  Click through the slideshow for a good overview, and this link takes you to the original article.  Focusing on my strengths has made a huge difference in my performance and attitude.  Since I've realized that looking at my natural strong points is the way to go, my enthusiasm is at an all time high!