• Listen without interrupting.
• Speak with a positive tone.
• Pay attention to your body language.
Hard skills get you hired.
But soft skills get you promoted.
11 soft skills to accelerate your career:
• Listen without interrupting.
• Speak with a positive tone.
• Pay attention to your body language.
• Identify what other people care about.
• Create stories that resonate with them.
• Communicate those stories with brevity and emotion.
• Listen carefully.
• Understand what the other side wants.
• Know your worth.
• Then propose solutions that benefit both sides.
• Help others unconditionally.
• Look for common interests.
• Always add value before asking for something in return.
• Take a genuine interest in other people.
• Look at things from their perspective.
• Acknowledge their feelings.
• Never judge and always be supportive.
• Be generous with your time and attention.
• Never gossip.
• Never complain.
• Criticize sparingly.
• Always speak well of others.
• Avoid claiming all the credit.
• Celebrate other people's wins.
• Praise teammates publicly and praise them generously.
• Avoid arguments and accusations.
• Focus on solutions over problems.
• Apologize unconditionally when it's your fault.
• Never act impulsively.
• Take a step back when you're upset.
• Understand what you're feeling.
• Understand the consequences of your actions.
• Then proceed accordingly.
• Take responsibility for your work.
• Always show up and deliver on time.
• Always keep your commitments.
• Never deflect blame on to others.
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The world's most powerful skill:
— Zain Kahn (@heykahn) March 12, 2022
Effective decision-making.
But colleges eat up 4 years of our lives and don't even bother teaching it.
Instead, here are 10 quick lessons from psychology that will upgrade your decision-making in the next 5 minutes:
