When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment, you create trust.

If you want to be successful in connecting with people, you need to make sure your communication goes beyond words, by connecting on four levels.<ul><li>Visually: You have seven seconds to make the right first impression.</li><li>Intellectually: To connect with people intellectually you must know two things: your subject and yourself.</li><li>Emotionally: People may hear your words but they feel your attitude.</li><li>Verbally: Words are the currency of ideas and have the power to change the world.</li></ul>

Connecting Goes Beyond Words

<ul><li>Assumption. "I already know what others know, feel and want."</li><li>Arrogance. "I don’t need to know what others know, feel or want."</li><li>Indifference. "I don’t care to know what others know, feel or want."</li><li>Control. "I don’t want others to know what I know, feel or want."</li></ul>

Top Four Barriers to Finding Common Ground

“People don’t remember what we think is important; they remember what they think is important.”

Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence on them.
The principles to develop this skill include:
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<li>Find common ground</li>
<li>Keep your communication simple</li>
<li>Create an enjoyable and interesting experience</li>
<li>Inspire people</li>
<li>Stay authentic in your communication.</li>
</ul>

Key Principles To Develop The Crucial Skill Of Connecting

<ul><li>Humor is something that will make the audience laugh and put them in a receptive mood. </li><li>Heart will captivate people’s emotions and get them engaged with your message. </li><li>Hope will inspire the audience and move them toward an objective. </li><li>Help is something that will assist the listener in some practical way as they listen and envision applying what you are sharing.</li></ul>

Humor, Heart, Hope, Help

“People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.”

“If you want to get your message across, you have to learn how to communicate in someone else’s world.”

“Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower.”

Constantly strive to simplify the complicated concepts and processes so you can make them accessible for the audience.
Don't try to impress the people in the room but to transfer information and to help make things understandable.

Keeping Your Communication Simple

World-renowned leadership expert and bestselling author John C. Maxwell says if you want to be an effective leader, you must learn how to connect with people. While it may seem like some folks are just born with a commanding presence that draws people in, the fact is anyone can learn to communicate in ways that consistently build powerful connections. Everyone Communicates, Few Connect, helps you succeed by revealing Maxwell’s Five Principles and Five Practices to develop this crucial skill of connecting, including: finding common ground, keeping your communication simple, capturing people's interest, inspiring people, and staying authentic in all your relationships. Your ability to achieve results in any organization--be it a company, church, nonprofit, or even in your family--is directly tied to the leadership skills in your toolbox. Connecting is an easy-to-learn skill you can apply today in your personal, professional, and family relationships to start living your best life.

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The most effective leaders know how to connect with people. It's not about power or popularity, but about making the people around you feel heard, comfortable, and understood.While it may seem like some folks are born with a commanding presence that draws people in, the fact is anyone can learn to communicate in ways that consistently build powerful connections. Bestselling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell offers advice for effective communication to those who continually run into obstacles when it comes to personal success.In Everyone Communicates, Few Connect, Maxwell shares five principles and five practices to develop connection skills including:<ul><li>finding common ground;</li><li>keeping your communication simple;</li><li>capturing people’s interest;</li><li>how to create an experience everyone enjoys;</li><li>and staying authentic in all your relationships.</li></ul>Your ability to achieve results in any organization is directly tied to the leadership skills in your toolbox. Connecting is an easy-to-learn skill you can apply today in your personal, professional, and family relationships to start living your best life.

John Calvin Maxwell is an American author, speaker, and pastor who has written many books, primarily focusing on leadership. Titles include The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. His books have sold millions of copies, with some on the New York Times Best Seller List.

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