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There is always a way you can help others
Find ways to give back to individuals and the organization before you try to use your influence for your own interests.
Who comes to you to get something that they need in order to do their daily work? The more that you respond to that in a timely way and give them what they’re looking for, the better, stronger influence you’ll build with them.
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Building a strong network is essential
The ability to collaborate with others also helps build your influence because it strengthens relationships. There’s the kind of influence that you build through collaboration, where you work with people.
Get to know people on a personal level. It’s easier to relate to ...
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Spend your "influence currency" wisely
Understanding the areas in which you may most likely be influential is important, too. If you have special expertise or act as a facilitator or gatekeeper, the way you share and distribute knowledge or resources can make you influential.
But there’s a fine line between bein...
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Focus on what you can control
Influence starts with the areas within your control. First off, focus simply on being good at your job.
Being good at your job is one of the basic elements of influence. It lets people know that you’re confident and capable. Failure to do so undermines infl...
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"Inside the workplace, there’s formal influence, which comes from your position—the responsibility and authority that you’ve been given. But there’s also informal influence, which comes from who you are and how you show up.”
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"There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either." ~ Robert Graves
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- Give people access to you – To build trust with others and make them feel valued, share something with them that you don’t share with everybody you...
Positive thinking and help can go a long way
If you come to realize that you have an issue of anger, try focusing on what is positive on your life. Moreover, if this does not work, try alternative solutions, like going to a specialist. Remember that in the end it is all about getting back on your feet and feeling good with yourself.
Give yourself a story you can live with
Whenever you feel like not being able to escape a state of unhappiness, try practicing the so-called retrospective judgment, which will enable you to reinterpret the events lived in order to find what was good in them.
Practicing story-telling when it comes to your life can prove very usef...
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