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Patrick King

Improve Your People Skills

  • b1821538038has quoted3 years ago
    If you walk through the day and can’t find a single person to engage in friendly banter with, it’s not because everyone is “unfriendly” or “awkward”—it’s because you are
  • Jonathan Jinhas quoted2 months ago
    Ethos refers to ethical concerns, pathos to emotional concerns, and logos to reason and logical concerns
  • Jonathan Jinhas quoted2 months ago
    Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

    Logos appeals to the audience's reason, building up logical arguments. Ethos appeals to the speaker's status or authority, making the audience more likely to trust them. Pathos appeals to the emotions, trying to make the audience feel angry or sympathetic

  • Jonathan Jinhas quoted2 months ago
    catharsis

    the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions

  • Jonathan Jinhas quoted2 months ago
    tough love, that’s commonly used by parents to teach their young children important lessons. But tough love is not for everyone or every situation, and is probably even counterproductive for raising children in a lot of scenarios, as the lesson they learn may come with an unhealthy hit to their self-esteem.
  • Jonathan Jinhas quoted2 months ago
    Real compassion is when you finally break through the bonds of selfishness and self-absorption, and truly focus on somebody else’s needs.
  • Jonathan Jinhas quoted2 months ago
    Compassion is the ability to feel concern and investment for other people’s suffering.
  • Jonathan Jinhas quoted2 months ago
    choosing to be more selfless and curious about others’ perspectives, you will actually start to understand people. There’s a big difference between understanding others and simply guessing.
  • Jonathan Jinhas quoted3 months ago
    you need to realize that people won’t reject you or hate you just because you refuse what they want. If they lack the ability to separate the two, the fault is on them and they are acting out of turn, not you.
  • Jonathan Jinhas quoted3 months ago
    Boundaries are limits where you are not being taken advantage of in an unfair manner.
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