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People Skills for Christians: How to Change Behaviors That Sabotage Believers' Lives
Christians with poor people skills wreak havoc in local churches, miss divine opportunities, and cause themselves unnecessary stress and anxiety. Part of growing as a Christian has to do with becoming more skillful when dealing with others. This skill set does not typically come naturally, but it can be learned. People Skills for Christians can help. Your lack of skill with people can rob you of happiness, health, and financial success. In People Skills for Christians, Tony gives practical tools you can use right now to fix (and avoid) many of the common problems Christians face when interacting with others. In this book, you'll learn how a "civilized" believer. Learn the people skills you may not have been taught in school.Stop the bleeding in strained relationships by applying relevant godly wisdom and secular principles.Increase your quality of life by not saying and doing things that disqualify you from opportunities.Strengthen the church body by not giving people reasons to disconnect from the local church.Don't leave your interactions with others up to chance! You can become good with people and experience all of the benefits that come with those healthy relationships.Here's what others have to say about People Skills for "People Skills For Christians will teach you how to manage your greatest asset, your relationships. We live in a time where people have forgotten or have never learned to communicate effectively. In this book, Tony has given us no-nonsense, practical advice and practices to take our communications and interactions with others to the next level. Enjoy!" - Chuck Ford, Pastor, Relate Church"Tony offers practical and timeless wisdom for believers young and old. Putting these skills into practice will improve your work and family relationships in addition to increasing your effectiveness in living out the Great Commission." - James Penick, The Summit Church"Clear, concise instructions for better relationships at home or in the workplace. People Skills for Christians is a tool built on Biblical principles that can help you navigate through the relational storms of life." - Dennis Cummins, Pastor, ExperienceChurch.tv
224 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 5, 2017
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December 30, 2017
So, I loved this book. I highlighted a lot of it and made that available to everyone. Maybe excessive, but I just found this feature and I highlighted so much I could not decide what to share and what not to... that just shows how much I liked this book.
Much of what I read was things I had heard before, but it was well written and presented and it was the reminder I needed. People can be hard to live with... I know I can be. And, I now work customer service at a library where I meet all kinds of people. Mostly though, it is my family that is the hardest to get along with. They see me at my worst and I see them at theirs. We let down out guard at home and let it all hang out and that is often not pretty. I wanted to know how I could help others more than I already do and I wanted to be a Godly influence at work and at home. This book is helping me with that.
Quotes...
"I do not believe if we hug long enough, all of our problems will go away. Life doesn't work that way. Change comes about through deliberate decisions and perseverance." (location 270)
"...nearly every opportunity in your life is the result of a relationship with another person. "Good" relationships yield good opportunities. "Bad" relationships yield bad opportunities." (location 273)
I want more good opportunities.
"There are only two ways we get things done in life: influencing through speech or physically doing something. This step is our last opportunity to control ourselves before we get results, so it's very important that we act intentionally both in speech and in action. All of our hard work changing our habits and thoughts can be for nothing if we don't control our mouths (there's a whole chapter on this later) or don't follow through with the correct physical actions (there's also an entire chapter later on the power of "do"). Sadly, this is the step where many people fail when trying to get positive results in their lives-they don't do the necessary actions to bring about the change they are looking for." (locatoin 618)
I recommended this book to each member of my family and recommend it to all my friends as well.
Much of what I read was things I had heard before, but it was well written and presented and it was the reminder I needed. People can be hard to live with... I know I can be. And, I now work customer service at a library where I meet all kinds of people. Mostly though, it is my family that is the hardest to get along with. They see me at my worst and I see them at theirs. We let down out guard at home and let it all hang out and that is often not pretty. I wanted to know how I could help others more than I already do and I wanted to be a Godly influence at work and at home. This book is helping me with that.
Quotes...
"I do not believe if we hug long enough, all of our problems will go away. Life doesn't work that way. Change comes about through deliberate decisions and perseverance." (location 270)
"...nearly every opportunity in your life is the result of a relationship with another person. "Good" relationships yield good opportunities. "Bad" relationships yield bad opportunities." (location 273)
I want more good opportunities.
"There are only two ways we get things done in life: influencing through speech or physically doing something. This step is our last opportunity to control ourselves before we get results, so it's very important that we act intentionally both in speech and in action. All of our hard work changing our habits and thoughts can be for nothing if we don't control our mouths (there's a whole chapter on this later) or don't follow through with the correct physical actions (there's also an entire chapter later on the power of "do"). Sadly, this is the step where many people fail when trying to get positive results in their lives-they don't do the necessary actions to bring about the change they are looking for." (locatoin 618)
I recommended this book to each member of my family and recommend it to all my friends as well.
August 19, 2017
It is true that we sabotage our relationships all the time because of poor people skills. This book gives some good practical help in changing our destructive behaviours. It is an easy book to read, and probably could be kept as a handbook for how to approach life in community. I think it would be a great book to give to a young person or a new Christian.
The reason I rated this book a 3 is two-fold: I felt he spent too long building his case for the need to improve our interpersonal skills, and much of the material was not new to me.
The reason I rated this book a 3 is two-fold: I felt he spent too long building his case for the need to improve our interpersonal skills, and much of the material was not new to me.
October 28, 2017
Worth reading
Simple yet practical. Each chapter was an easy read. It is definitely worth the time investment. Probably more necessary than ever as we dehumanize through technology.
Simple yet practical. Each chapter was an easy read. It is definitely worth the time investment. Probably more necessary than ever as we dehumanize through technology.
May 27, 2018
Excellent!
Outstanding book and ideas. This should be standard reading in every single church and business. Just imagine how many blow ups could be avoided!
Outstanding book and ideas. This should be standard reading in every single church and business. Just imagine how many blow ups could be avoided!
June 23, 2018
Good read.
Some really good points in here and some good reminders! I recommend reading this to improve your interactions with others.
Some really good points in here and some good reminders! I recommend reading this to improve your interactions with others.
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