Success Journal: Biggest Key To Success
The Biggest Key to Success: People Skills
It has been said that 15% of success is due to knowlege and training. The other 85%? …PEOPLE SKILLS.
Ask yourself, who are the most successful people you know?
Chances are that the most successful people you know are the ones that have gift of dealing with people. The world we live in now is becoming more advanced than ever! As our civilization progresses more and more, the world we live in is getting more specialized, as well as smaller and smaller. The need for us to depend on others is greater than it ever has been.
I attended a conference this summer by Loral Langemeier. One key concept that I really bought into was the concept of having a team. Her theme of the conference was, “Becoming a Millionaire”. Yes, there are self made millionaires out there, but it takes a lot longer. She is a huge advocate of setting up a team of mentors, accountants, field partners, financiers, etc. By doing this you will become a millionaire much faster.
So how do we increase our people skills?
First, there isn’t going to be a one size fits all technique. If you try doing it that way you will come off insincere. I suggest reading a few books, and putting it all together. Here are 4 books to get you started.
1. How to Win Friends and Influence People. (Dale Carnegie)
2. The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader (John Maxwell)
3. How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less (Nicholas Boothman)
4. Whale Done (Ken Blanchard)
Bottom line, the better we deal with people… more doors open, we find ourselves in the right place at the right time, opportunities present themselves more often, etc. Yes, successful people sometimes appear “luckier” than average… but thats because they make their own luck by not being afraid of taking action, and are good at dealing with people.