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Six Surefire Tips for Improving Your Social Skills

In so many ways, social skills — or lack thereof — impact on our professional and private lives. The good news is that even if your social skills leave something to be desired, there are surefire ways to improve them and raise your EQ in the process.

Learn to Listen
Most of us are too preoccupied with our own lives to pay adequate attention to what others are telling us. However, by not listening intently enough, you convey the message that the other person isn't important to you. The key is to stop focusing on yourself. Putting that energy instead into absorbing as much as you can from others will pay dividends.

Find out What the Other Person Is Most into 
One thing that holds people back from being a social butterfly is the fear they won't be able to sustain a conversation with a stranger. If this describes you, here's one thing you should keep in mind: People love to gab about the things they are interested in. All you need to do is to tune into their main interests. The rest will then fall into place.

Tone down Your Criticism
Being a “negative Nelly” won't win you too many friends, especially if you target others with your negative attitude. People are drawn to optimistic people; pessimism often makes others uncomfortable. Look for the positive in the situation.

職場社交力 漂亮 6 招輕鬆搞定

在許多方面，擁有或缺乏社交技巧會對我們的職場和私人生活造成影響。好消息是即使你的社交技巧仍有進步的空間，還是有些必勝撇步能助你改善社交技巧，並在過程中提升你的 EQ。

學習傾聽
我們大多數人太專注於自己的生活，因而無法對他人所要告訴我們的事給予足夠的重視。然而，聆聽得不夠專注，你傳達的訊息是其他人對你來說並不重要。關鍵就是別再把焦點放在自己身上。把那股精力轉而投注於盡可能從他人身上學習就能產生效益。

找出他人最有興趣之處
讓某些人無法成為社交高手的一個原因在於他們擔心自己無法一直跟陌生人聊天。如果這是在形容你，可記住以下這一點：人們喜歡聊自己有興趣的事情。你所要做的就是把話題轉到他人最感興趣的事物上。其他的自然會水到渠成。

降低你的批評火力
老是在批評，尤其是當你用負面態度針對他人時，是不會讓你交到太多朋友的。人都會受樂觀的人吸引；悲觀往往只會讓他人不自在。要在當下的情況中找到正向力量。

資料來源：biz 互動英語電子報