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How To Treat Others: 5 Lessons From an Unknown Author. Five Lessons About How To Treat People -- Author Unknown 1.

How To Treat Others: 5 Lessons From an Unknown Author

First Important Lesson - "Know The Cleaning Lady" During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school? " Surely this was some kind of joke. "Absolutely," said the professor. I've never forgotten that lesson. 2. One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s.

She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. How Neuroscience Can Teach You To Lie. The human brain is a pretty amazing for a wet, grey sponge.

How Neuroscience Can Teach You To Lie

It has all the tools to predict what’s going to happen in the future, as well as generating completely fictional worlds. These two things go hand-in-hand to give us the ability to plan ahead and create great works of art. It’s also the reason we are made to lie. Common lies about liesIf you’ve ever watched any cop show on TV then you have a pretty good idea of how people behave when they lie. That is as long as the people we are talking about are actors on TV shows with their directions written by a team of writers.

Lie 1#: When you lie you end up talking more and faster as well as showing signs of vocal tension, and nervousness. So that’s it then? Though the analogy isn’t perfect, let’s think of the workload on the brain as much higher when it’s reading a book, having to create all the images in your mind’s eye, than when it’s passively taking the story in when watching the movie version. But that’s not all, it gets worse. Color Psychology. By David Johnson Like death and taxes, there is no escaping color.

Color Psychology

It is ubiquitous. Yet what does it all mean? Why are people more relaxed in green rooms? Why do weightlifters do their best in blue gyms? Colors often have different meanings in various cultures. Black Black is the color of authority and power. White. 15 styles of Distorted Thinking. 15 styles of Distorted Thinking Filtering: You take the negative details and magnify them while filtering out all positive aspects of a situation.

15 styles of Distorted Thinking

Polarized Thinking: Things are black or white, good or bad. Sealing a Deal. How to Fight Right. Communication Success. How to Motivate Someone. To motivate another person, you have to appeal to their values. You motivate an intellectual like me, for example, by promising that I will learn something or advance my ideas if I do what you want. You motivate a high school athlete doing poorly in school by not permitting him or her to play ball unless the grades improve. You motivate my wife by showing her how doing what you want would benefit her family or enhance her parenting skills.

This may seem simple and straightforward but it isn't. Too often we try to motivate someone else by indoctrinating them in our values rather than appealing to theirs. Individuality is much greater than is commonly supposed. People have a natural tendency to think their values are best, not just for themselves, but for everyone. 1. Get Anyone to Like You, Instantly. Get anyone to like you - Instantly - Guaranteed If you want people to like you, make them feel good about themselves.

1. Get Anyone to Like You, Instantly

This golden rule of friendship works every time - guaranteed! If You're Looking for Customer Satisfaction, Psychology Can Help You. You've just made a large purchase-say a computer, a television, or a couch.

If You're Looking for Customer Satisfaction, Psychology Can Help You

A few days later, something horrible goes wrong. 16 Tips to Survive Brutal Criticism (and Ask for More) “You suck.”

16 Tips to Survive Brutal Criticism (and Ask for More)

Everyone encounters criticism, whether it is a boss pointing out falling performance, a bad review for your book, or even self-criticism after an embarrassing slip-up. Your ability to digest that criticism and make use of it says a lot about your character. Even better is to be the kind of person who can take a sharp, verbal critique, stand up and ask for more. Hablar en público. Habilidades sociales curso GRATIS. How we change what others think, believe, feel and do. 10 Ways To Explain Things More Effectively. April 1st, 2008 By Calvin Sun In the course of your work, you may sometimes need to explain technical concepts to your customers.

10 Ways To Explain Things More Effectively

Having them understand you is important not only for technical reasons, but also to ensure customer satisfaction. The ability to explain things clearly and effectively can help you in your career, as well. Here are a few tips to help make your explanations understandable and useful. #1: Keep in mind others' point of view You've probably seen the famous illusion that looks like either a young woman or an old woman. . #2: Listen and respond to questions.