Analyze each person’s personality

The way we communicate with people is based on how we perceive them to be, as people.

When we are around a coworker who is more serious or intellectual it calls for a different interaction approach from us then when interacting with someone who is more laid back and easy going.

To some extent we all become social chameleons, making slight shifts in our behavior to fit the people and personalities we are around in an effort to best relate to them. This social adaptation makes us well-rounded.

Success in life and business boils down effective interactions, humility and self-awareness.

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Use empathy to predict intentions

Perspective taking relies not only upon our ability to share emotions with others, but also upon our capacity to regulate our own emotions.

The point is not to ask ourselves what we would...

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Get to know people

What you know about where people come from and how they came to be the people they are is critical in determining what to say and do.

It's frustrating when we give too much or too little information. Different persons react to just the rig...

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Think of others to learn how to act

We observe people instinctively and notice subtleties such as what they are doing, where they are looking, and what their body language is indicating. This helps us determine if we feel comfortable around them which helps us decide if we want to interact with them and how.

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Correctly reading other people

Emotions are powerful vehicles to guide us in reading people. We naturally track the behaviors of others to try and determine what they are thinking, feeling doing or planning.

We determine people’s motives and intentions, even when our attention is not specifically on the...

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