Even if you are just starting out in your career, you have valuable perspectives and advice to share.
Repay kindnesses and generosity bestowed upon you by continuing the giving. Extend yourself freely to others to sustain the positive cycle of giving.
Time and shared experiences are key ingredients to creating bonds that last.
The law of giving: Give first.
Don’t underestimate your ability to bring value to someone else.
If you want to make others feel good, start by feeling good yourself.
People are more apt to remember how you made them feel than what you said.
Effective listening is the single most powerful thing you can do to build and maintain a climate of trust and collaboration. Strong listening skills are the foundation for all solid relationships.
People like people who are like them.
This is the foundation of the law of listening: You have to listen to understand.
Listening is a powerful building block: Continue improving your listening skills and your likability will naturally increase.
But continuing to initiate conversations and be curious about people is fundamental to building valuable relationships, because curiosity creates connections—that is the law of curiosity.
Genuine curiosity can lead to more authentic, engaging conversations, which lay the foundation for sustained relationships.
What you believe about your strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills is what you transmit to the outside world.
