Posts Tagged ‘people’

Can You Be Truly Honest?

Honesty, we say, is the best policy. And yet, it’s hardly news to anyone that in much of our lives, dishonesty rules. Salespeople lie about the benefits of one product over another, or about how useful those “extended service plans” really are. Partners lie about whether they liked dinner, or about what they did last night after work. Employees lie about the reason a project is overdue, or about how… Continue reading

September 8 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: fear, honesty, people, relationship, self-development, self-improvement, trust | 26 comments»

Toward a New Vision of Productivity, Part 9: The Trouble with People

This is the ninth part of a 12-part series I am posting from the end of December and into 2009, examining the current understanding of productivity and where the concept might be heading in the future. I invite Lifehack’s readers to

February 3 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: attention, inputs, Management, people, social, social-productivity | 10 comments»

12 Personality Types to Avoid to Make 2009 Your Best Year

Forever Results When it comes to creating life-long positive change in our world (that is, "forever results"), most people won't and don't - despite their constant attempts to re-invent themselves and ample access to an ever-increasing range of information, inspiration, resources, specialists, and facilities to help them through the change process. That's not to say that they can't transform themselves or don't have the potential for greatness and forever results, it… Continue reading

January 29 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: motivation, people, personal-development, personality, self-help | 30 comments»

How To Make A Bunch Of New Friends In Any New City

Even if you are naturally shy, these three tricks will help you to quickly build a new social circle in any new city. 1. Take Pictures One of the great things about taking pictures at an event or party is that it gives you an excuse to get in touch with the person later. Everybody loves seeing pictures of themselves, and it's very easy after taking a picture to say "Are you… Continue reading

November 24 2008 | By Brian | Tagged: friend, friendship, moving, networking, people, socializing | 26 comments»

3 Ways To Be Memorable By Breaking People’s Patterns

Life is full of little situations that you encounter regularly. Some people don't see these for the opportunities that they are: a chance to stand out, be different, and be memorable. They're a way to quickly built rapport with someone so they can think back later and say "Brian...hmm, yeah he was the guy who does [BLANK]" or "Barbara, oh yeah she is the gal who said [BLANK]". You stood out… Continue reading

September 12 2008 | By Brian | Tagged: connections, expectation, greeting, interaction, meet, pattern, people, rapport, surprise | 32 comments»

What Are Your Filters?

Whammo! You didn’t see that coming, did you? Why is it that, despite all our planning, we sometimes get caught by surprise, totally unprepared, with our pants down as it were? I mean, we’re smart folks, right? How come sometimes we just don’t see stuff coming? The answer is, much of the time, that we don’t see everything clearly because we don’t see a lot of things at all. We process the… Continue reading

August 13 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: filter, gender, interaction, people, perception, race | 5 comments»

How to Improve Your Rapport Development

There are plenty of great people in the world—honest, reliable, and considerate—who frequently fail in developing friendships and relationships with the people around them. If you haven't got good social skills and body language or confidence around others, you may fall into this category. If that's the case, then what you could be missing is the ability to develop rapport. If you don't know what that is, rapport is: a close… Continue reading

March 17 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: Friends, people, rapport, social | 12 comments»

How to Lead People for Results

In a recent conversation I was told, "Leadership is about managing time and getting things done." I couldn't disagree more. In my role at the Free Articulator, I manage and lead writers and editors every day. It has been said in the past that trying to manage artists (and all of our writers are) is a very difficult task. I can't honestly disagree with that. The following is a recount… Continue reading

February 27 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: leadership, people, relationship, team | 17 comments»

T.H.U.M.P. – 5 Ways to Deal with Irresponsible People

Yep, we've all been there. Whether it's a co-worker, a family member, or even a close friend, we've all had to deal with people whose stark irresponsibility causes anger, annoyance, and even chaos everywhere they go. These individuals are constantly late, they don't follow instructions, they miss appointments, they forget to call, they make drastically uninformed decisions, and they just generally create negativity and angst for the rest of us. Here… Continue reading

February 11 2008 | By Aaron | Tagged: chaos, Communication, irresponsibility, people, planning, relationship | 23 comments»

How Do You Stop Comparing Yourself With Others?

Competition is a big part of human nature. For some more than others. It's in our nature to compare and judge. Everyone has their own gauge for success that has usually been conditioned by various factors; school, work, TV etc. However, it doesn't have to be this way and Brian Kim understands this when he writes, "Don't think hierarchy, Think journey". If you keep focusing on everyone else’s journey, you’re… Continue reading

October 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: people, success | 1 comment»

5 Ways To Better Manage Your Virtual Team

At times managing a team project via the internet can be difficult. What kinds of things do you focus on and what do you sacrifice? These five tips to managing a group of people working on a project could put you on the right path. Personalize your creative brief. I’ll be honest, I don’t know what the common industry practice is around the use of creative briefs. But in my… Continue reading

August 31 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: people, team | 2 comments»

How To Apologize Sincerely

If you live in Australia, the term "Sorry" has some special meaning, politically. However, everyone could stand to take a step back and look at the way they treat the people they know. It has to do with compassion, and so does this nice 'how-to' for apologizing when you should. Focus on the things you can control. Apologies should never, ever take the form of "I'm sorry you aren't happy… Continue reading

August 1 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: people | 2 comments»

How To Detect BS

I'm not really sure if 'BS' is considered bad language on the web, but I like to keep things a little clean over here. BS stands for bullshit, and it's a good idea to work on detecting when you're around it. Everyone lies: it’s just a question of how, when and why. From the relationship saving “yes, you do look thin in those pants” to the improbable “your table will… Continue reading

August 1 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: people | 4 comments»

The Two F-Words You Should Love

Make Failure and Frustration Your Friends: A History Lesson We all experience failure and the subsequent frustration. But how you handle those tormentors makes all the difference in your final outcomes. Oftentimes the peak of frustration comes right before a major breakthrough. That's if you don't quit. So don't quit! Instead use the energy behind that frustration to break through to a new level of strategy. Make failure the friend… Continue reading

June 27 2007 | By K. | Tagged: failure, famous, frustration, people | 23 comments»

How to Deal with a Nightmare Boss

The Nightmare Boss "Nightmare bosses" can take on many forms, but 6 major categories come to mind: the Demanding Boss, the Bully Boss, and the Disorganized Boss, the Clueless Boss, the Know-It-All Boss, and the Poor-Communicator Boss. I'm sure there are others and often several of these traits can be found in your boss. A bad boss can have advantages if you use the situation as an opportunity rather… Continue reading

June 5 2007 | By K. | Tagged: boss, career, difficult, goals, people, success | 5 comments»