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“State up front that you could be wrong. This immediately drops the listener’s guard and gets them to be more open and receptive to what you are saying.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“View other people as a force you need to work together with, not against.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“Get out of this trap of guilt, regret, shame, and negativity. There’s a bright future ahead”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“You’ll come across as a more authentic, genuine and confident person by laughing at your own weaknesses.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“Lao Tzu once said, “He who conquers others is strong. He who conquers himself is mighty.”
― Keith Coleman, Self-Discipline: Grow Your Mental Toughness To Resist Temptation, Become More Motivated And Finally Get Things Done!

“Empathy and understanding are the biggest tools for constructive and positive communication.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“If you have to lead people, you need to understand what drives and inspires them.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“When you complete a certain task, do not quickly jump to the next one. You are likely to feel motivated at that point and feel energetic enough to finish off with the next task in line; however, do you remember the lesson on willpower? It depletes if you exhaust yourself and when you are exhausted, your inclination towards temptations increases. To keep this from happening, when you complete a task,”
― Keith Coleman, Self-Discipline: Grow Your Mental Toughness To Resist Temptation, Become More Motivated And Finally Get Things Done!

“The idea is to be proactive about changing your situation from a socially awkward or shy person to a social star. The change begins with a strong desire to be a socially confident person.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“Why is social intelligence important in the workplace? There is a need to understand the consequences of your behavior on other employees. If you have to lead people, you need to understand what drives and inspires them.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“People who crack the perfect jokes at the perfect time are just much sought after at all social gatherings.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“How to Create Your Action Plan First, take your goal and make it into a SMART goal. What is a SMART goal? SMART is an acronym that stands for ‘Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-tagged.’ It helps you create clear, attainable, realistic, and achievable goals.”
― Keith Coleman, Self-Discipline: Grow Your Mental Toughness To Resist Temptation, Become More Motivated And Finally Get Things Done!

“It is more than simply making yourself likable! Being high on social intelligence is about minimizing conflict, building effective collaboration, and ensuring common goals and the greater good is efficiently met.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“Being high on social intelligence is about minimizing conflict, building effective collaboration, and ensuring common goals and the greater good is efficiently met.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“Since you have a small amount of willpower at the start of every day, the more you use it, the weaker you become. One reason why your willpower depletes is a lack of mental strength and lack of self-control. Hence, to enhance your discipline, you need to develop self-control. To do so you need to unlock your intrinsic motivation so you can exert your willpower.”
― Keith Coleman, Self-Discipline: Grow Your Mental Toughness To Resist Temptation, Become More Motivated And Finally Get Things Done!

“Human intelligence, according to Gardner, comprises multiple interwoven competencies or intelligence. These are broadly classified are practical intelligence, kinesthetic intelligence, emotional intelligence, aesthetic intelligence, and social intelligence. Think of this intelligence as varied dimensions of a cube, each placed at a distinct angle with others but combing together to complete the whole.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“Some colloquial terms that best describe social intelligence are street smartness or common sense.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“Being socially intelligent is an aggregation of skills that involves understanding people and making them feel good about themselves at the basic level.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships

“Commit to mastering three to four new words every day. People with a rich vocabulary seldom have trouble articulating their views and display greater confidence while talking to people. The difference between a functional vocabulary and extensive vocabulary can be the difference between a black and white and vivid, colorful picture. Paint a picture with your words to make the conversation more interesting and compelling. Stay away from redundant words and phrases. Avoid using conversation fillers. Keep your sentences short, crisp and to the point. Do not use the most highfalutin words to flaunt your vocabulary. Instead be an effective communicator by using words that convey your ideas and feelings most appropriately. Less is always more in a conversation. Try to say more by using less yet effective words and phrases. Think of better and more articulate ways to convey your emotions and ideas, For example, you can say “famished” in place of “very hungry” or “livid” instead of “very angry or upset.” Try to convey your ideas using more effective words. Replace redundant words and phrases in your daily conversations. For example, instead of saying, “They said xyz about my looks” say “they commented on my looks.” The idea is to make your speech crisper, more articulate and tighter by replacing ineffectual words/phrases with more meaningful expressions. Everyday words and phrases such as “big” can become “gigantic,” “massive” or “colossal.” Similarly, scared can become “petrified” and “spooked,” hungry become “famished” and so on. Consciously think of more effective ways to convey the same meaning. This practice will make you come across as a more engaging, interesting and vibrant conversationalist. A richer and more power-packed vocabulary lends more character, feelings and sensory experiences to the conversation. The way to go about it is – Use a diary or notebook for listing new words and phrases you come across each day. You can also randomly pick three new words to learn from the dictionary every day, and try to use it in your speech or conversation. Install ‘word a day’ applications on your phones to keep enriching your vocabulary. It’s a work in progress. You’ll never know everything. Even if you believe you have a limited vocabulary or aren’t able to hold a conversation because you don’t know how best to express yourself, breathe easy. There are plenty of ways to build a powerful vocabulary if you have the initiative.”
― Keith Coleman, Effective Communication Skills: How to Enjoy Conversations, Build Assertiveness, & Have Great Interactions for Meaningful Relationships