Step #3 Be Polite To Everyone

Become genuinely interested in other people. A great way to do this is to ask them open-ended questions.

Everyone wants to be liked, loved and accepted. When you fulfill that need for others, you are perceived as being influential.

Successful people are unusually good at Step Zero, even though not many of them start out that way. 

We usually understand that we’re supposed to work hard to be successful. That makes sense: successful people work hard. But how did those successful people decide what they should be work...

It means paying attention to what the other person is saying and not interrupting. It also means asking questions to show that you're interested in what they have to say.

Here are some tips for being a good listener:

• Make eye contact with the person you're talkin...