What are your 'people' hints and tips?

[idi banashapan]

Over the last couple of decades, I’ve thrown myself into learning everything I can about human behaviour, communication, and influence, both formally and informally.

I’ve studied the works of Dale Carnegie, Robert Cialdini, Paul Ekman, Chris Voss, Daniel Pink, Joe Navarro, Simon Sinek, Celeste Headlee, Chase Hughes, Jefferson Fisher, Stephen Covey, and Nick Kolenda to name a few, and picked up qualifications and certifications in communication, psychology, persuasion, leadership, body language, NLP, hypnosis and more. I’ve used what I’ve learned in leadership roles, daily conversations, negotiations, and conflict resolution, and while a lot of it works incredibly well, I’ve also found that some of the best lessons come from people’s lived experience, not just books, podcasts and videos.

So I’d love to throw it out to the forum:

What techniques or approaches have you personally found helpful when it comes to building rapport, gaining trust, or positively influencing others whether at work, at home, or socially?

Maybe you;ve got a go-to body language signal you look out for, a subtle way of asking questions that gets people to open up, or a philosophy that guides how you lead and connect with others.

Whatever it is, I’d love to learn from you as well. There’s always more to discover. What’s worked for you in the real world?