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Strategies for Success. Chapter 10. Human Relationships. FRIENDSHIP Who wants more friends?. What qualities do you look for in A friend? Husband/wife? Business partner?. Different levels of relationships. F = FIRST TO BE FRIENDLY. The fastest way to make friends is to be one.
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Strategies for Success Chapter 10
Human Relationships • FRIENDSHIP • Who wants more friends?
What qualities do you look for in • A friend? • Husband/wife? • Business partner?
F = FIRST TO BE FRIENDLY The fastest way to make friends is to be one.
F = FIRST TO BE FRIENDLY • Advantages to Being Friendly First: • ↑ friends • ↑ sales • ↑ job productivity • ↑ promotions • ↑ more money • ↑ more effective teacher • ↑ better grades
R=Respect “A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men” • ~Thomas Carlyle
R = RESPECT • Treat everyone you meet as if they are important.
How do you know you’re in love?When they know the worst thing about you and they love you anyway.
R = RESPECT “It is the mark of a superior person to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.” ~ Ann Landers
R = RESPECT • Respect VALUES
“Men respect standards - get some!” • ~ Steve Harvey • Act like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What men really think about love, relationships, intimacy and commitment
R=RESPECT • Six degrees of separation
R=RESPECT • There are 3 sides to every story • Yours • Theirs • The truth
R = RESPECT • The Golden Rule!
R = RESPECT • “For I say to every man, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think” • Paul of Tarsus
R = RESPECT • Have no friends not equal to yourself. • ~ Confucius
I = Interested in Others • Dale Carnegie: How to Win Friends and Influence People • Act interested in people and you can sell them anything.
I = Interested in Others • What is the most common word used in the world? • I
I = Interested in Others • When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion.
I = Interested in Others • Be genuinely interested in people. If you try you can like everybody and everybody will like you…
I = Interested in Others • Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money it will eventually get you into trouble if you try to pass it.
I = Interested in Others • Listen • Commit yourself to learn how to listen
Ten Commandments ofListening • Empty your mind. • Understand the context. • Don't get distracted. • Use follow trails • Use body language. • Ask questions. • Take notes. • Confirm your understanding. • Let the person finish before you speak. • Don't judge too quickly.
I = Interested in Others • Keep skid chains on your tongue. Always say less than you think. Cultivate a low, persuasive voice. How you say it counts more than what you say. ~ Ann Landers
I = Interested in Others • Be there!
E = Effort • Friendship is a verb. It takes effort. • Make your friends Number One, preferring them above yourself. • The Fine Art of Friendship • ~ Ted Engstrom
E = Effort It takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
N = NAME • The sweetest music to anyone’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.
N = NAME • Let your virtues – if you have any speak for themselves • Good Earth • Pearl Buck
N = NAME • Your name is save in my house!
N = NAME • “I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody.” • ~Benjamin Franklin
N = NAME • Nodoby’s • Prefect
D = Deliver Praise • To help people reach their full potential, catch them doing something right! • Catch more flies with honey than vinegar
D = Deliver Praise If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.
D = Deliver Praise • John Gottman Ratio • 5 Praise : 1 Criticism • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw9SE315GtA
D = Deliver Praise • “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes characters and self control to be understanding and forgiving.” • ~ Benjamin Franklin
D = Deliver Praise • Be generous with legitimate praise and encouragement”
D = Deliver Praise • People may not remember exactly what you did, or what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel.
S = Smile • It takes 112 muscles to frown and 13 to smile!
S = SMILE • If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.
H = Honest • Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully, no matter what the cost. • ~ Ann Landers
P = Positive • Your attitude determines your altitude!