151 Quick Ideas to Improve Your People Skills

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Be Principle-Centered

Here we draw from author Stephen Covey’s Principle-Centered Leadership, which says that our principles should be the bedrock of our actions and the central driver of how we interact in relationships.

Have you thought about what principles influence you on a daily basis? Perhaps you should, because in many ways your actions reflect your principles. And the perceptions those actions give will send out a signal to people indicating whether your principles align with theirs.

Assignment

Take some time to reflect on your principles. To what principles do you subscribe, and how do you act in relation to them? Do your actions show you are a principle-centered individual?

For example, do you treat others fairly, with integrity ...