Tuesday, November 24, 2009

1. Accept Responsibility :
The price of grateness is the responsibility – Winston Churchill
“Responsibility gravitates to the person who can shoulder them.”
-- Elbert Hubbard
Society is not destroyed by the activities of the rascals, but by the inactivity of good people.
2. Show consideration :
Show consideration, courtesy, politeness and caring.
3. Choose your words carefully: The principle is your speaking must be better than silent, rather be silent.Words spoken out of bitterness can cause irreparable damage. The way the parents speak to their children in many instances shapes their children’s destiny.

4. Smile and Be Kind :
Smile is the shortest distance between two people.

5. Put Positive interpretation on other people’s behavior:
We see the world not as it is, but as we are.So when we are interpreting other peoples behavior negatively we just reflecting our own mentality to this situation. In contrast when interpret positively, chances that other people may realize its negativity and change or amend this.

6. Be a Good Listener :
Effective communication is 50% listening, 25% speaking, 15% reading and 10% writing. So when we listen carefully then 50% communication is done.

7. Give honest and Sincere Appreciation :
The desire to feel important is one of the gratest craving in most of the human beings and it can be a great motivator. Honest and sincere appreciation makes one feel important and promote these positive qualities in him. In contrast giving false and insincere appreciation is flattery or sycophancy which in the long run is harmful to the receipient.

8. When you make a mistake, accept it and make it easy to amend:
Mistakes are to be learned from. So accept it immediately and make change or amend easy.

9. Discuss but don’t argue:
Arguing is like fighting a losing battle. Even if one wins in the argument, the cost may be more than the worth of victory.An Ignominious victory is a defeat itself.

10. Don’t Gossip:
Gossip may lead to slander and defamation of character. People who listen to gossip are as guilty as those who do the gossiping.

11. Turn your promises into commitment: Commitment leads to enduring relationship through thick and thin. It shows in a person's personality and relationship.
12. Be dependable and practice loyalty:
An ounce of loyalty is worth more than a pound of cleverness.Ability without dependability is of no worth.

13. Avoid bearing grudges:
Life is too small to bear grudges.
John Kennedy once said “forgive the other person but don’t forget their name.” Means “if one cheated me once it is his fault, but if cheats me twice then it is my fault.”
14. Practice honesty, Integrity and Sincerity:Lies may have speed, but the truth has endurance.Honesty, Integrity and Sincerity have more enduring effect than the opposite.

15. Practice Humility: Don’t be cheated regularly to forgive.
Confidence without humility is arrogance. Sincere Humility is the foundation of all virtues. It is a sign of greatness.

16. Be understanding and Caring :
The best way to be understood is to be understanding. And the basis of real communication is also understanding.

17. Develop a sense of humor:
Have a sense of humor and you will possess the ability to laugh at yourself. A sense of humor makes a person likeable and attractive. Some people are humor-impaired.
18. To have a friend be a Friend :
Mutual trust and confidence are the foundation stones of all friendship.

19. Show Empathy :
Empathy alone is a very important characteristic of positive personality. People with empathy ask themselves this question, “how would I feel if someone treated me that way?”

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