Dale Carnegie knew that the best way to engage a person was to not discuss things on which you differ, but rather to emphasize—and keep emphasizing—the things on which you agree. The reasoning is that you are both striving for the same result, and that your only difference is one of method and not of…
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Slice and Dice the Task to Make it More Manageable
A major reason for procrastinating on big, important tasks is that they appear so large and formidable when you first approach them. One technique that you can use to cut a big task down to size is to simply lay out the task in detail and then resolve to do just one slice of the…
7 Ingredients for Business Listening
During the hectic Jersey business week on our best days, we are pretty good information gatherers seeking solutions and changing directions because we are listening well; on our worst days, we will tune others out, draw quick conclusions, and half listen to all the conversations we are a part of all day long. How can…
Summarize Your Points—Even in a Short Speech
Even in a short talk of three to five minutes a speaker is very apt to cover so much ground that at the close the listeners are a little hazy about all his main points. However, few speakers realize that. They are misled into assuming that because these points are crystal clear in their own…