PeopleSmart in Business eBook - The Platinum Rule

Afterword
Aft er reading People Smart, we hope that you will apply what you have
learned to enrich all aspects of your life from your workplace to the social
arena, including family experiences and romantic encounters.
You now have the tools to create relationships that are more positive
for yourself and others.
Mutual respect and commitment are the keys to understanding and
getting along with people. Of course, degrees of respect and commitment
vary from relationship to relationship. You probably do not feel
as committed to your grocer or butcher as you do to your spouse, signifi
cant other, or best friend. However, using what you now know about
People Smart concepts, you can learn to accept and even appreciate the
diff erences in others.
Remember that people’s strengths can be carried to the extreme at times.
You can actually encourage them to act in ways that are more positive by
consulting the appropriate charts and graphics in Chapters 5-7.
Identify the person’s behavioral style by using the inventory in Chapter
2, identify the environment, and then use the visuals to help you enhance
your relationship with that person.
If you want to identify your own personal behavioral style online, go to
http://www.DISCstyles.com/assessmentorder.asp
You get an in-depth, personalized 29-page DISCstyles report; 30
days of free, unlimited Observer Assessments; and a weekly ezine
providing you both descriptive and prescriptive lessons on how to be
People Smart in all your interpersonal interactions.
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