Interpersonal competence is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success, Your Success GPS and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become interpersonally competent you need to do three things.  First, get to know yourself.  Use this self knowledge to better understand and communicate with others.  Second, build solid, lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with the people in your life.  Third, resolve conflict in a creative manner and with little upset to your relationships.
The other day I came …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become an outstanding performer you need to do three things.  First, stay on top of your game by becoming a lifelong learner.  Second, set high goals.  Do whatever it takes to achieve them.  Third, get organized.  Manage your time, life and stress well.
Your diet is an important part of life and stress management.  It’s easier to perform at a high level when you …

Self confidence is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become self confident you need to do three things.  First, become an optimist.  Believe that today will be better than yesterday and tomorrow will be better than today.  Second, face your fears and act.  Third, surround yourself with positive people.
Last week I saw a great movie, Every Little Step.  It is a documentary depicting the casting for the revival of the Broadway play …

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to be an outstanding performer you need to do three things.  1) Stay at the top of your game by becoming a lifelong learner.  2) Set high goals.  Do whatever it takes to achieve them.  3) Get organized.  Manage your time life and stress well.
I’m a big believer in synchronicity.  That’s why I pay attention to what’s happening around me.  Several days ago, I received an e …

Dynamic communication skills are one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become a dynamic communicator, you need to master three basic, but very important communication skills: 1) conversation; 2) writing; and 3) presenting.
Yesterday, I did a post on lifelong learning.  One of the messages of the post was that it pays to pay attention to information that may seem as if it has little relevance to you – you might learn something.
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Interpersonal competence is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become interpersonally competent, you need to do three things.  1) Get to know yourself.  Use this self knowledge to help you better understand and communicate with others.  2) Build strong, lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with lots of people.  3) Resolve conflict in a manner that leads to creative solutions to disagreements and strengthens your relationships.
I have been asked to contribute three chapters to the forthcoming book 42 Rules for Creating WE …

Positive personal impact is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to create positive personal impact, you need to do three things.  First, create and nurture your personal brand.  Second, be impeccable in your presentation of self – in person and on line.  Third, know and follow the basic rules of etiquette.
People who create positive personal impact are good at networking.  They know how to engage others quickly and leave a positive, lasting impression.   Dressing well and paying attention to your appearance …