Eight Tips for Making Yourself Likable:

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  1. Smile.
  2. Be easily impressed, entertained, and interested.
  3. Have a friendly, open, engaged demeanor.
  4. Remember trait transfer.
    1. In “trait transfer,” whatever you say about other people influences how people see you. If you describe a co-worker as brilliant and charismatic, your acquaintance will tend to associate you with those qualities. Conversely, if you describe a co-worker as arrogant and obnoxious, those traits will stick to you. So watch what you say.
  5. Laugh at yourself.
  6. Radiate energy and good humor.
  7. Show your liking for another person.
  8. Try to remember the person’s name!

Studies suggest that we decide how close a relationship we’ll have with a new acquaintance within the first ten minutes of meeting that person, and that in evaluating people, we weigh early information more heavily than information acquired later. So make a big effort to be openly friendly the first time you meet someone.

Full article: here.

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