Bob Burg
@BobBurg
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Bestselling Co-Author, The Go-Giver Series. Speaker. Animal Lover. Free-Market Advocate. Money is an echo of value.
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The single greatest "people skill" is a highly developed & authentic interest in the *other* person.
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People who brag about being "Brutally honest" are usually more interested in being brutal than they are in being honest. Of course we should hold honesty as an extremely high value. But let's also be tactful and empathetic *while* we're being honest.
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@bessbell
Bess, with all respect, do you truly believe that's why Michelle's show was cancelled - because she's a woman? I can think of a number of women who have very successful and long-lasting talk shows. Isn't it actually harmful rather than helpful to use that as a reason?
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I truly believe that
#Gratitude
is THE trait that makes
#Happiness
possible. After all, you can have tons and tons of blessings (reasons to be happy) but if you don't have gratitude, it's really just like not having them at all. And you simply cannot be happy.
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I've really tried not 2 comment on this but 4 Coach
@SteveKerr
to draw any kind of moral equivalency betw basically-communist China and the U.S. is beyond disturbing. I'm neither pol left nor right but always thought the left took pride in standing 4 the rights of the oppressed.
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@yashar
@CHSommers
Respect for
@Alyssa_Milano
for saying that. It's much easier to shrug off the inappropriate behavior of friends than it is to take a contrary stand... on principle! But that's exactly what she's doing. Pro
#MeToo
Movement? Absolutely! Anti-Semitism (or any needless hate)? No!
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Those who *take pride* in being "brutally honest" are typically much more interested in being brutal...than they are in being honest.
Honesty, of course, should be an extremely high value. Tact and kindness when communicating a truth should be, as well.
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I truly believe that
#Gratitude
is THE trait that makes
#Happiness
possible. After all, you can have tons and tons of blessings (reasons to be happy) but if you don't have gratitude, it's really just like not having them at all. And you simply cannot be happy.
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Remember, tact and kindness should never be confused with compromise. You can always speak to others tactfully, politely, and respectfully... without compromising your values.
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GREAT point! A big misperception re: authenticity! RT
@AdamMGrant
: Being unfiltered isn't authenticity. It signals a lack of self-control.
“I was just being myself” isn't a legitimate excuse for disrespectful behavior. It signals a lack of concern for others.
#WednesdayWisdom
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@krassenstein
@elonmusk
Brian, while I often don't agree with you, sir, I believe you are totally spot on regarding Mr. Musk. I've seen absolutely no evidence of his being antisemitic. And, indeed, when that word is thrown around as it is, it begins to lose meaning/impact. Thank you!
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@catturd2
@elonmusk
@RBReich
Mr. Reich, does Mr. Musk fail to understand that many of them did not add sufficient value to the company to earn their salary? In your world, Sir, government (via force of taxation), employs layers & layers of bureaucracy that add no significant value. A different world.
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Indeed, Imam, I totally agree! And worth watching all the way through until the hug at the very end of the video! RT
@Imamofpeace
: The best video you’ll see all week.
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“Confidence is not, ‘they will like me’. Confidence is, ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.’”~
@neilstrauss
{I love this quote from Neil. One of my all-time favorites}
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"Leaders don’t look for recognition from others. Leaders look for others to recognize."~
@simonsinek
#leadership
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"You impress people with how well you speak. You impact people with how well you listen."~
@AlanSteinJr
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Play the "Reverse Gossip" game and say something kind and complimentary behind someone's back.
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“Analyze your mistakes. You’ve already paid the tuition. You might as well get the lesson.”~
@tim_fargo
{PROFOUND!}
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Play the "Reverse Gossip" Game and say something kind, complimentary, and uplifting behind someone's back!
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"Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought."~
@alphabetsuccess
{I LOVE that, Tim!}
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Tact is not the same as compromise. We can always speak tactfully and respectfully to others without compromising our values.
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This'll probably make both my Democrat and Republican friends mad but, personally, I'd rather none of the Supreme Court Justices be Conservative or Liberal in their rulings. I just want them to interpret the Constitution correctly. That's their job.
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LOVE! MT
@Imamofpeace
: I’m a Muslim w Christian blood & a Jewish heart, it pumps Hinduism 2 my Buddhist mind & generates a Sikh vision. I breathe Zoroastrian & think Bahai. My feelings R Yezidi & my dreams R spiritual. When I sleep I’m non-religious, & when I wake up... I’m human
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@SteveMartinToGo
Brilliant! Reminds me of the "70's Steve" who I went to see two nights in a row as part of a packed arena in Boston.
Steve Goodman opened for you and was terrific! You brought the house down!
You might remember me...I was sitting in the 80th row on the lefthand side. :-)
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Tact is not the same as compromise. We can always speak tactfully and respectfully to others without compromising our values.
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@dyqik
@reason
Paul, with all respect, while you & I might be disgusted w much of what passes as "free speech" it's the fact that it's a *right* that ensures OUR freedom 2 argue against those ideas. ACLU has always kept gov from deciding what is "allowable" speech. They need to keep doing that.
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“Analyze your mistakes. You’ve already paid the tuition. You might as well get the lesson.”~
@tim_fargo
#success
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"Be the reason someone else has a great day today! That alone can make your day GREAT."~
@Al_Dhalla
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When you can master your own emotions and help others to work effectively within theirs, your level of influence will be sky high.
#leadership
#peopleskills
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Tact is not the same as compromise. We can always speak tactfully & respectfully to others without compromising our values.
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Play the "Reverse Gossip" game and say something kind and complimentary behind someone's back
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Play the "Reverse Gossip" Game and say something kind, positive, encouraging, and uplifting ...
"behind someone's back." :-)
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In my opinion,
#Gratitude
is THE trait that makes
#Happiness
possible. After all, you can have tons and tons of blessings (reasons to be happy) but if you don't have gratitude for them it's really just like not having them at all. And you simply cannot be happy.
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Self-respect is where every other kind of respect comes from. Respect from others is a reflection, not the source.
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"Things I wish leaders would stop saying: 'People are the most valuable asset in our company.’ 'No, people *are* your company.’”~
@AdamMGrant
from his GRANTED newsletter #
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THANK YOU, General Mills. I'm once again your fan! RT
@peta
: THIS IS MAJOR 👏 After learning from PETA about the cruelty of animal tests, food mega-giant
@GeneralMills
has agreed to ban experiments on animals!
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"A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything ... And once I recognized that, all my relationships became far more satisfying."~ Harry Browne
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I read a tweet and it sparked a powerful idea. I don't necessarily always agree with the person who tweeted but - here's the thing: It's amazing how we can grow when we read with the intent not to disagree but rather to learn.
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LOVE this! RT
@AdamMGrant
: Hiring people whose views are aligned with yours helps your ego and hurts your effectiveness.
Weak leaders work with people who make them feel good.
Strong leaders work with people who challenge them to do better.
#Leadership
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Tact is not the same as compromise. We can always speak tactfully and respectfully to others without compromising our values.
#communication
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In order to effectively persuade someone to your point of view you must first be able to *understand their* point of view. That doesn't mean you agree with it. But you understand it. That's where the persuasion process begins.
#politics
#PeopleSkills
#communication
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@chantelllerose
Chan, thank you for being a good and kind human being. Aside from what you physically gave him, you also gave him the emotional confidence to know he had what it took to get himself back on track. We need more people like you! {h/t
@CIMASamantha
}
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@delwilliams
@bessbell
Hi Del, always great to see you in the Twittersphere! Are you saying I'm wrong or that Bess is? If I'm wrong about this please tell me how. I don't see it. But hopefully I'm always open to where I could be off-base. Please explain.
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Play the "Reverse Gossip" game and say something kind and complimentary behind someone's back. :-)
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@BerniceKing
@unmarketing
Miss Bernice, I'm sorry - I don't understand your tweet. Your righteous father, via non-violent activism, won over a generation of people and forever changed the course of history. Yes, many did hate him, but came to love him AND his message. Wasn't that the point? Blessings!
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@smitty187
@delwilliams
@bessbell
@michelleisawolf
Hi Smitty. I really don't know if that's the case or not and I try not to give opinions out of ignorance. I believe they cancelled Joel McHale's show, too. Did he receive more support/promo, etc. than she did? Again, my only ques was w Bess saying it was "because" she's a woman.
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Just received a phone call from a 5th grade
#teacher
in Illinois who is dong a class project with her students based on "The Go-Giver" book. My day has "officially been made!!" (cc:
@JohnDavidMann
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Tact and kindness is not the same as compromise. We can always speak tactfully and respectfully to others...without compromising our values.
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Those who *take pride* in being "brutally honest" are typically much more interested in being brutal...than they are in being honest.
Honesty, of course, should be a high value. Tact and kindness when communicating a truth should be as well.
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Tact is not the same as compromise. We can always speak tactfully and respectfully to others without compromising our values.
#communication
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Go looking for the best in people and you'll be amazed at how much talent, ingenuity, empathy, and good you will find.
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When you can master your own emotions, and help others to work effectively within theirs, your level of influence will be sky high.
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A follower of
@VusiThembekwayo
's asked him to comment on something VERY important. Here is Vusi's response:
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"I read this report last night. Honestly, I don’t have an informed view yet."
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WE NEED MORE RESPONSES LIKE VUSI'S!
Please forgive my all-caps.
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"The future belongs to learn-it-alls. There is no hope for know-it-alls."~
@Leadershipfreak
#leadership
#success
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On page 66 of
@ScottAdamsSays
new book, "Loserthink" he shares three imp things to know about human beings in order to understand why we do the things we do. If U understand all three you are 9 steps ahead of the game…in a 10-step game. () #
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@RepThomasMassie
@JessicaVaugn
Personally always astounded when Republicans (who are supposed to be pro-Constitution/Bill of Rights) will claim that something is not a right *because* it's not in the Constitution. Have they never read 9A? I still haven't figured out this strange lapse in understanding.
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Remember, no one is going 2 buy from U because U have a quota 2 meet, bcoz U need the money, or even bcoz U're a really nice person. They'll buy only because they believe they'll be better off by doing so...than by not doing so. It's why the focus must be on THEM!
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When you can master your own emotions and help others to work effectively within theirs, your level of influence will be sky high.
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“Confidence is not, ‘they will like me’. Confidence is, ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.’”~
@neilstrauss
{I love this quote!}
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The most successful people deal in truths.
They learn & embrace the laws of nature... human, physical, & economic.
They don’t deny or ignore them but rather work within them in order to dramatically improve potential outcomes both for themselves, & for others.
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@caroljsroth
Please don't be mad when many of us write back, "a rescue." (And yes, that is actually now a breed.) ;-)
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I respectfully implore all of us to heed
@TheEllenShow
's powerful words:
“...In fact I’m friends with a lot of people who don’t share the same beliefs that I have. We’re all different, and I think that we’ve forgotten that it’s ok that we're all different."
Yes, that was me at the Cowboys game with George W. Bush over the weekend. Here’s the whole story.
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Positive expectation when dealing with others works, but there's absolutely nothing mystical or magical about it. It's actually quite rational. Expecting someone to be kind or helpful doesn't change *them*, it changes *you*. And *that* is what changes them.
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Those who *take pride* in being "brutally honest" are typically much more interested in being brutal...than they are in being honest.
Honesty, of course, should be a high value. Tact and kindness when communicating a truth should be as well.
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Often, people accused of gossiping will say, "But if it's true, it isn't gossip."
Actually, if it's true...that's what *makes* it gossip. If false, it's slander.
Either one is a very counterproductive way to utilize the human ability to communicate.
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Here's an absolutely fantastic article by
@AdamMGrant
in the
@nytimes
on a topic that's so very important to both personal and professional success: "How to deal With a Jerk Without Being a Jerk." #
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#Gratitude
is THE trait that makes
#Happiness
possible. After all, you can have tons and tons of blessings (reasons to be happy) but if you don't have gratitude, it's really just like not having them at all. And you simply cannot be happy.
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Today (and *every* day) play the "Reverse Gossip" game and say something kind, encouraging, and complimentary... behind someone's back. :-)
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"Authenticity" should never be used as an excuse. Like the person who says, "I have anger issues & I yell at people a lot. If I were to stop that wouldn't be authentic."
Baloney! It simply means he has an *authentic problem* he needs to overcome in order to grow.
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Those who *take pride* in being "brutally honest" are typically much more interested in being brutal...than they are in being honest. Honesty, of course, should be a high value. Tact and kindness when communicating a truth should be as well.
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Those who *take pride* in being "brutally honest" are typically much more interested in being brutal...than they are in being honest.
Honesty, of course, should be a very high value.
Tact and kindness when communicating a truth should be, too.
It's also much more effective.
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Happiness: an ongoing feeling of joy and peace of mind, the result of living congruently with one’s values.
#Happiness
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Excellence is not about holding yourself to an impossible standard of perfection, but rather investing yourself consciously in everything you do, with an intention of bringing to bear your greatest abilities to the task at hand.
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@WalshFreedom
@AM560TheAnswer
Makes sense, Joe. I'd say that freedom even "leads" to diversity. Why? Because with a truly free society, abundance follows, and people from all all over will do whatever it takes to follow their dreams and be part of such a society. Socialistic societies have few immigrants.
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@Cernovich
@ScottAdamsSays
Please pardon my jumping into the conversation in response to your tweet. While neither Dem nor GOP I have a much better idea: a "Free-Market Deal." Here it is: Gov protects its citizens from force & fraud but otherwise leaves people free to buy/sell/trade however they see fit.
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Very excited to realize that when I wake up on Sunday morning the clock in my car that's been exactly one-hour slow for the past six months is now going to be exactly on time...and for the next six months!
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When you can master your own emotions, and help others to work effectively within theirs, your level of influence will be sky high.
#influence
#peopleskills
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Play the "Reverse Gossip" Game and say something kind, uplifting, complimentary, and encouraging..."behind someone's back." :-)
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Play the "Reverse Gossip" Game and say something kind, complimentary, edifying, and encouraging..."behind someone's back." :-)
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"Bad leaders believe people work 4 them. Good leaders believe people work with them. Great leaders believe they work for people. Esp in crisis, we depend on servant leaders 2 put others 1st."~
@AdamMGrant
. That & more in newest GRANTED: #
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"A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything ... And once I recognized that, all my relationships became far more satisfying."~ Harry Browne
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@Gabriele_Corno
@JanJekielek
The cat will risk its own life to protect its human...and not think twice about it!
Thank you for sharing that fantastic video!
#cats
#animals
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Play the "Reverse Gossip" game and say something kind and complimentary behind someone's back.
Now THAT'S a game where everyone wins!
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One who depends on intimidation and/or manipulation to get their way with others can have employees, but not a team. They can have customers, but none who are loyal. They can have friends/family, but without relationships that are genuinely happy and fulfilling.
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Your income is determined by how many people you serve, and how well you serve them.
#sales
#leadership
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When you can master your own emotions, and help others to work effectively within theirs, your level of influence will be sky high.
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