People
ENJOY BETTER RELATIONSHIPS at home and at work (and everywhere in between) by applying practical principles from the People section of Self-Help Stuff That Works. Click on a title below and begin.
| It might be a good idea to post this one at work. Help end the popular hobby of negative venting. | |
| The Bad Apples | One chapter that Dale Carnegie left out of his classic book on Winning Friends was how to deal with people who don't want things to work. |
| Many people lack confidence when first getting to know someone, especially someone of the opposite sex. Find out what you can do to increase your feelings of confidence. | |
| The desire to increase your child's self-esteem is good; but make sure you're using a method that won't make the child a social outcast. | |
| Here is a simple thing you can do to have more walks at sunset, more good conversations with people you love, and more life in the time you have. | |
| Cure yourself of one of the barriers you keep between you and other people. | |
| Here's what to do when someone in your family brings you down. | |
| The finest and most productive of all "spiritual" disciplines. | |
| How to deal with the discomfort of conflict that honesty can create. | |
| Does it seem like the wishes of others get more of your attention than you're own wishes? Maybe you're too polite. | |
| Honesty is an extremely important practice in an intimate relationship. | |
| The way you dress and talk, your posture and attitude tells other people who you are and how they should treat you. | |
| Read this carefully if you are getting more criticism than you feel is justified. | |
| At parties or meeting new people, it is common to feel uncomfortable and awkward. Here is a way out of that discomfort. | |
| If you're single and want to find someone with whom you can spend your life happily, this is the chapter for you. | |
| How your children turn out is largely up to you. Here is a key principle for child raising. | |
| One way to raise your child's self-esteem will result in your child's depression later in life. Find out how to avoid that. | |
| Do you feel that you're not getting enough appreciation for your good efforts? This is the chapter for you. | |
| If you think you're shy, or if you would like to be bolder or more comfortable around people, check this out. | |
| Friendship and trustworthiness are two fundamentals to a life well-lived. Discover the principles to achieve these golden rewards. | |
| Why is it important to make a good impression? Because human brains aren't perfect and are biased by our earliest conclusions. | |
| Expressing anger has a good reputation. Too bad. Anger is one of the most destructive emotions we experience, and its expression is dangerous to our relationships. | |
| How to be here now. This is mindfulness from the East applied to reality in the West. | |
| There may be evidence that prayer may actually have medical benefits, even if the prayed-for doesn't know it's happening. | |
| It is unnecessarily limiting to label yourself shy, outgoing, Aries, Taurus, strong, weak, or any other label. Be your true, flexible self and you'll be better off. | |
| Comparisons are natural. Indeed, you can't really help it. But you can direct it in a way that enhances your relationships, even making you feel better about people you haven't even met yet. | |
| Would you like to improve your ability to connect with people? Would you like to be a more complete listener? Check this out. | |
| If you are a manager or a parent, here's how to prevent people from misunderstanding you. Here's how to make sure things get done the way you want. | |
| Most the people in the world are strangers to you. Here's how to increase your feeling of connectedness to those strangers. | |
| You can make the world go more the way you want by following this simple suggestion. | |
| Is it necessary to criticize people? Is there a way to avoid the pain involved? | |
| If you have hard feelings between you and another person, you ought to read this. | |
| Close friends are probably the most important contributor to your lifetime's happiness and your health. | |
| Being able to express your feelings is an important part of intimate communication. But there are times and places where the ability to mask your feelings is important too. | |
| Here's how to create a spirit of willing cooperation in the people you work with and live with. | |
| What you think about someone else tends to influence them and it alters what you see about them. Take control of this important function of your mind and your relationships will improve. |
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(2008, December 12). People, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, November 8 from https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/self-help-stuff-that-works/people
Last Updated: March 31, 2016