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Successful Impressions


There are two different views of success people see on you;
1. How hard you work
2.  What impression your success has on other people

How to Improve on Success Impressions
• Silence is a virtue: Don't speak when you don't have anything to say. Your words carry much weight at this point
Make speeches that makes impact.

• Fight the urge to Interrupt; we don't have to interrupt people when they are speaking just because we have the urge to say something as a reaction to what the person is saying.
We do that or feel that way because we feel we are successful and influential, the world must only here our voice whenever we are with others instead of letting the voices of the other people who are with us heard too.

• Attack with Humility: When wanting to prove a point to people whether through words or through achievements earned, always attack with humility.
For example, in using words for example, you can ask someone or people to correct you on something you are about to say or suggest.
This will make people wanting to listen to you more, and any arguments about you killed easily because you have shown that you are as human as everyone else.

• Don't be a Know It All Person: it doesn't hurt to say I don't know to a question people ask you. Most knowledgeable people or expert try to be a know it all because they feel they have to always say something or come up with something to make a wow impression on other people or people they are talking to.
I'm prepared not to know everything... I want to learn from you too. Teach me something.

•  Consider open options before arguments: When making arguments and disagreements pops in amongst you with a group or with your team, don't be too quick to put out your own argument and close it but learn to facilitate Ideas from your team from the disagreements by allowing all of you to focus on a much broader picture instead of the arguments or disagreements
For instance, I can understand the mixed feelings, but there is a bigger picture here we all  need to look at objectively to be able to solve this situation. This will allow everyone to contribute instead of responding to disagreements.

• Attack the Argument and not the person: People will disagree with you on many things and on different thoughts of ideas. When in that situation in anger or disagreement, don't attack the person disagreeing with you, attack rather the opinion or Idea that he shares

Instead of saying you are stupid or a fool for saying this or that, say instead, here's my issue with that, I don't agree with what you said.... The word that puts focus on the argument and not on the person...

Hope these tips will be helpful to you.



*Kwame Sarpong*
Freelance Writer

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