‘How to Successfully Deal with Difficult People. FINAL PART

I'm concluding this series on ‘How to Successfully Deal with Difficult People’.

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IN dealing with difficult people, it is important to learn to keep your cool. Many difficult people irritate, that’s why they are difficult in the first place. You must therefore be in charge when dealing with them. Losing your cool means losing charge.

How to Successfully Deal with Difficult People

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OH my goodness, difficult people are all over the place; in the office, social groups, business associations, the neighbourhood, and who knows, maybe in the family also. Maybe you are even going to deal with one shortly. It surely isn’t an enviable position to be in. I have my own share of difficult people I have to deal with. The more I close my eyes wishing that they will just disappear, no, the stronger they seem to become. So how do you successfully deal with them?

Important Life and Business Lessons To Learn From A 500 Naira Note

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I was in an audience listening to a motivational speaker. The speaker got out his wallet and pulled out a 500 Nigerian Naira note. Holding it up, he asked, "Who wants this 500 naira note?" Lots of hands went up, including mine. A slow chorus began to build as people began to shout, "Me!" "Me!"

How To Restore Lost Relationships

ONE of life’s greatest losses is the loss of a valued relationship. One must therefore do all to preserve, and in the event of a strain or loss, restore relationships, whether business, family or social. Relationships, effective relationships, are the bedrock of your progress and indeed society. Many years of making and losing relationships come with vital lessons learnt. I will therefore share some important nuggets that would help restore some lost social and business relationships.

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How to Develop Patience for Your Personal Productivity

HOW would you describe yourself; a patient or an impatient person? I can be impatient I must admit. On a general note, have you noticed that it seems like everything nowadays is fast and instant, what some call the ‘World of Instant Gratification’; instant coffee, instant messages via email and fax, instant education via online colleges, instant banking and so on. One is therefore tempted to ask, why wait in a world that literarily offers everything instantly? Reports say that it is now more difficult to be patient than at any other time in history.

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How to Improve Your Public Speaking for Greater Impact and Productivity: Concluding Part

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THIS is the concluding part of the series started last week aimed at improving your public speaking capabilities. The response has been interesting. It is heart-warming to note that many people are interested in dealing with glossophobia (please refer to the last post) and developing their potentials to “waoh” their audience and create better impact and increase personal productivity.

  

        Important Tips

When you are not convinced or ill-formed about a subject you are talking about, don’t expect people to believe you. So research and believe in the topic you are talking about. Passion speaks.

How to Improve Your Public Speaking for Greater Impact and Productivity

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ANYONE interested in climbing the corporate or success ladder, should be prepared to work in a team, and very importantly, will sooner than later make presentations and speak publicly. This is almost inescapable. It is common knowledge that the way we speak publicly determines how people judge and perceive our personal effectiveness. Effective public speaking skills can help you advance your career, boost your reputation and create opportunities, it opens important doors.

Research shows that between 45 to a staggering 80 percent of people are afraid of the microphone or public speaking. This is called Glossophobia - the fear of public speaking. On this post, I share simple ways to overcome glossophobia, improve your public speaking and increase your influence and productivity.