Body Language - How To Know What They’re Really Saying

When we communicate with someone we will be doing so on a number of levels, not just the words that we use - tone of voice and body language are also important factors in non-verbal communication. Eye contact - is one of the most powerful means of communication after words. It can be direct or indirect, long-lasting or short and more usually intermittent when talking to someone in normal conversation. Staring or holding eye contact for too long can make people feel uncomfortable and is unsettling.... Read more »

What Do You Do For A Living?

When someone asks, “What do you do for a living?” How do you answer? Do you say, “I work for XYZ Company and have a home based business.” Or do you say “I work from home?” and leave out the day job part or something similar? Or even worse, you fail to mention your home based business at all? If you’re new to Network Marketing/MLM; I’m betting you say you work for XYZ Company and my network marketing company or you fail to mention your business at all. It’s... Read more »

Make Conversation in 5 Easy Ways

Just as most of us weren’t born with a silver spoon in our mouth, we weren’t born knowing how to make conversation. Making conversation is more of an art. Like any art, practice leads to mastery. 1. You can never go wrong with being a good listener. This doesn’t mean you should just sit there like a lump on a log, like my mother used to say. You need to be an active listener. People love to talk about themselves, so listening to them is a good way to let them have a captive audience.... Read more »

People Skill and the 4 Basic Types

Do you have the people skill needed to handle difficult people? Best selling author, Peter Urs Bender has come up with four basic personality types. Based on the fact that you really can’t understand someone who’s being difficult, until you can see the world through his or her eyes, here are the four basic types: 1. The Analytical person: Give this person details, statistics and a stack of ‘how-to’ books. This person wants exact numbers and answers. Usually introverted;... Read more »

Questions to Keep a Conversation Going

A conversation between two people can be like a tennis game. The back-and-forth conversation is like two players hitting the ball over the net. Someone serves up a new idea from time to time. How’s your conversational tennis? Do you have problems when it’s your turn to serve the ball? An easy way to serve up the next idea is to ask questions to keep a conversation going. Say you are starting a new match with someone you’ve never played with before. You might want to start with... Read more »

Turning Recruiting Into A Game

Today we’re going to look at an easy way to grow your business. This is so easy; you’ll probably be surprised at how well it works and it’s so easy that I tend to think of it as a game. You’ll need business cards and belief that it will work. Here’s how I play the game. When I get up each morning and when I’m out running errands, I set an intention to meet at least one person that I need to meet. I usually say to myself while driving to the store that I intend... Read more »

How to Talk to People of the Opposite Sex

If you feel like you don’t know how to talk to people of the opposite sex, you might be onto something! Men and women definitely have different ways of communicating. Learning how the other half uses language will help to improve your communication with the opposite sex. And if you’re still not convinced, there is even a term that is specific to the different languages of the sexes. The term is genderlect. Suzette Haden Elgin coined the term in her book, Genderspeak. Her book talked... Read more »

Improve Communication Skills with the Opposite Sex

You can improve communication skills with the man or woman in your life, once you understand the differences in how the genders communicate. 1. Men and women talk in different places. If you want to improve your communication skills you’ll want to understand the differences in style. Men will do most of their talking in public. Often, that means at their workplace. Since women talk to promote intimacy, most female conversations will take place in a private setting, at home. This explains... Read more »

How to Win Friends and Influence People - Quickly and Easily

Dale Carnegie famously pointed out that you can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Although Dale Carnegie died in 1955, his work in personal development lives on. His classic book, How to Win Friends and Influence People was first published in 1937 and is considered the grandfather of all ‘people skill’ books since then. Because of his great understanding of human nature, his... Read more »

Talking to People Made Easy in 9 Simple Steps

Does the thought of talking to people make you break out in hives or break out in song? Some of us are coping with issues that make it harder for us to communicate. For instance, if you have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) it can be hard to focus on a conversation. Even those who are hard of hearing will find these tips helpful when communicating. 1. Ask questions to keep your mind engaged in the conversation. Do so with an enquiring yet friendly tone. 2. Take notes. When talking to someone on... Read more »