7 Ways To Improve Your social networking skills

Improve social networking skills

* Register to community or groups in the society and make new friends

* Find people at meet up.com and start meeting people, search for interested events and meet , in Facebook register to groups, join charity groups , search for scientific events.

* Share something interesting like joke or tech with your friends. Think how can i help my friends.

* Looking approachable : Smile and talk to people, dress well and neat, be confident, no fear, have new hobbies to go outside.

* Avoid shy : Read caring for introvert, change your thinking, study the no shy people, talk slowly, focus on talking slowly always, networking is giving them something, helping someone.

* Give them something, concentrate on what they talk, listen to them, ask questions, talk to people what they like.

* Some of the conversation topics are valuable experience of your life, tell stories, talk about your CV, talk about your work, product.

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Self development

* Moving out of comfort zone : If you set out of comfort zone then you are growing else you die, comfort zone allows you to explore more, take a activity which will scare like presentation, marathon, sky dying etc. list some of things to come out of comfort zone, find what is my comfort zone and what actions need to be taken to move out of comfort zone.

* Don't make excuses and don't blame others. Make habit of taking responsibility. Make different choices.

* Don't ask responsibility but take responsibility. Take more initiative.

* Have confidence in you , talk positively to yourself , positively visualize yourself what you want to achieve, hang out with successful, energetic people, read inspirational things , eat healthy and exercise regularly , have positive expectations

* Break big problems into small ones , set small target to achieve, ask the experts.

* Identify and write your insecurities  or which you are ashamed of. Start talking to people, don't dwell on your mistakes, identify which you are great at and improve, be thankful of what you have , eliminate negativity , accept compliments , stick to your principles , help others, do something which you will make happy.

* Believe in yourself , practice everyday, be ontime , integrity , give self love to yourself , reward to yourself , implement morning rituals.

* Identify what did I do wrong last year, what do I need to do next year, what are the goals for next year, how can I make your job easier, skills to develop, how can I improve our business.

* To avoid stress do things you like.

* Have strong will power, take baby step, good habit every day, hang out with successful people, first avoid bad habits , get motivated, change daily routines and practice, get knowledge and act on the knowledge , make action list and follow.

* Learn new skills every year , find what skills are required to achieve my goals and build on that.

* Set long term goal and constantly review it, set SMART goals, before setting long term goal think where I want to be in next 5 years , how do I want to spend time,
Break long term goals into short term goals, from short term goals take smallest task and complete and then move on and celebrate. Plan for for distractions and failures.

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Public speaking skills

* Stop for 2 sec, question to have clarity at both ends, practice , visualize the public speaking and feel the success.

* Cause of shyness are self obsession , poor self image , thinking negative. To overcome define the problem, identify your strength , focus on outcome and people , say positive words I can do, make a success record of shyness.

* Record and practice public speaking in your mobile using camera.

* Talk with more energy, listen carefully , don't get nervous, identify what they are interested and talk about that topic, explore what's new around you, tech, politics etc.

* Listen clearly , take deep breath and then talk , have emotions in talk , ask specifically what you want ,  have positive. Have good Body language, find the cultural differences , don't blame.

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Email writing tips

* Email should consists of 3 parts. 1. Opening that greets reader and introduces the topic, reference to previous contact or introduction or background and purpose of the mail 2. Middle which expands about the topic and 3. End, light conclusion and if any action reader should take.

* Email writing has three phases : Pre write (what info need to be conveyed) , draft (sentences) , review , refine (read and check).

* Give examples, reasons, intend it , do not use contractions like don't , can't etc.

* Write the message clearly so that others understand.

* Have spelling checked before sending message.

* Dont write long emails, write email template for common daily , weekly or monthly emails.

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Improve writing skills

Improve writing skills
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* Write the message clearly so that others understand.

* Have spelling checked before sending message.

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Leadership qualities

Qualities a leader should have
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* Leader should have strong communication skills. He should be able to speak and write persuasively. Leader should be a good listener and listen completely when people talk.

* Leader should motivate team members to achieve towards goals.

* Leader should have positive attitude toward team-based work, leader should create solution for the problem, get regular training and attend conferences.

* Leader should treat the team fairly and should handle the conflicts.

* Be transparent with your team and keep track of all the activities your team members are doing.

* Leaders always tell truth always and take responsibility of the outcome, ask feedback for improvement.

* To be a great leader follow a great leader.

* Some of the poor leadership skills are not planning , dictating instead of being part of team,ineffective communication, ineffective  time management, focus on administrative instead of results.

* Some of the leader mistakes are : giving self interest than organization interest, want more money, not living to their values, no vision, acting fast without thinking.

* Leader should have big picture(vision) , have confidence , have good communication skills, ability to inspire and motivate people , take more responsibilities , integrity (doing right things , honesty).

* Set achievable leadership goals, try different leadership opportunity , follow a role model leader.

* Train the team , have vision and strategic plan , understand the organisation goals and then plan,  talk with team.

* Leader should take more initiative , prevent problems from happening , motivate others, constant learning , delegate work to others, handle difficult people and manage conflict , be a follower.

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Time Management

Time Management

* Keep time log of daily activities , identify the time wasters and eliminate the time wasters.

* Dont waste your productive part of your day. Say your productive part of the day may be morning or evening, don't waste it.

* Identify the time wasters and avoid it, don't waste time during morning, read something inspirational everyday for 30 mins.

* Create todo, checklist for activities, organize your desktop and mails, plan tomorrow tasks today, gather and prepare for tasks, allocate time slot.

* Keep away from distractions, if there is no value for work then say no, identify activities which I don't need to do and delegate or remove.

* Plan your day well in advance, break large tasks into small one, break the tasks as small as 15 mins and execute, measure progress of previous day and how to improve.

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