Think of the people you know who have achieved great things.
Maybe you were with someone you grew up with. Someone you've worked with, or been fortunate to recruit as a mentor, could be one of the people you imagine.
Maybe, although you wouldn't say it out loud, it's you.
I bet I can identify 7 skills this person never stops trying to improve, no matter who we're talking about. Let me know how far behind I am.
I'm a writer, so maybe I'll put this one first. There is more to writing than talking.
It's important to write to think things through. It's why people can sit through a presentation and feel as though they've mastered a topic, only to realize they don't know it at all.
The more you read, the more you know. The more you learn, the more prepared you are for what's to come.
One-to-many and one-on-one communication are both important. People's mediocre presentation skills get in the way of good ideas. The most successful people want to present, speak, and share ideas.
I'm not sure where to start improving my public speaking skills. Start here.
This skill is often combined with another skill. The most successful people train themselves to see the opportunity in every problem. The ability to break down seemingly impossible problems into manageable tasks is one of the key skills.
The second most challenging problems in the world are the ones without obvious solutions, but the most challenging problems are the ones that most people take for granted.
People don't remember what you say or do, they remember how you made them feel. People remember when they are treated with kindness. The most successful people try to incorporate this word into their interactions.
The key to happiness and contentment is gratitude.
Negotiating can be a part of life. It's a lot less fraught if you take it as a simple statement.
The key is a recognition that in almost every interaction, you're trying to work together to achieve things you can't do on your own.
I have written more about this here.
People who are successful describe themselves as lifelong learners. Less successful people can't follow this goal because they let themselves be threatened by the fact that other people and experience have something to teach them.
If you can keep ego in check and seek out the lessons around you, you'll gain more advantages than you realize.
I've written an entire free ebook on the subject: 9 Smart Habits of People With Very High Emotional Intelligence, which contains some of my favorite tricks about choosing the right language in order to inspire helpful emotional responses.
It is almost impossible to ignore the fact that people communicate on multiple emotional dimensions and that there are ways to leverage emotions in order to achieve your goals. It's a lot of fun to improve.
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