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Do You Possess Good People Skills?

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1. Look out for others interests as well as your own:

“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others” (Phil. 2:4).

2. Treat others better than the way you want to be treated:

“Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself” (Phil. 2:3).
“Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another.” (Rom. 12:10).

3. Praise has better results than criticism:

“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health” (Prov. 12:18).

4. Look beyond outward appearance:

“But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord looketh on the heart” (1 Sam. 16:7).

5. Don’t say everything you think:

“A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back” (Prov. 29:11).

6. Be willing to listen and take advice:

“Without counsel, plans go awry, but in the multitude of counselors they are established” (Prov. 15:22).

“For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, and in a multitude of counselors there is safety” (Prov. 24:6).

7. Be willing to admit when you are in error:

 “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy” (Prov. 28:13).

8. Be slow to anger; in doing so you will be able to quiet or calm anger and contentions:

“A wrathful man stirreth up strife; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife” (Prov. 15:18).

9. Be gentle in answering, for it will defuse anger:

“A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grevious words stir up anger” (Prov. 15:1).

“A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!” (Prov. 15:23).

10. Listen to all sides before making a judgment:

“He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him” (Prov. 18:17).

“The heart of righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil” (Prov. 15:28).  

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