9 Social Traits For Being Successful In All Spheres Of Life

In the age of modern technology, people have almost boycotted meeting in person and rather prefer communicating with people via the video call, phone call, chats, etc. In fact, excessive use of such technological means have diminished their ability to have interaction face to face. People think that it is waste of time to move to different place to meet a person, when it can be conveniently done even from the comfort of the home.

But it is our communication skills that makes us social animals, distinct from other creatures on this earth. We have been lately, less in touch with our communication skills and this is the reason why people fumble or find themselves in an awkward position while speaking with anyone. Just as cooking, dancing, singing, designing, etc comprises a set of skills, even being social is a skill that we need to have prowess in. It is our ability to communicate with our society and receive inputs for self development that will help in giving a magical finish to our personality.

In order to be successful in every aspect of life, you need to have a balance between your work life and social life. You can be successful in your work life by giving all your time and energy to your work, but for being successful in social life too, you need to give some time to people and connect with them to have better relationships with people. To learn social skills, you need to have more interactions with people in person and must read these 9 social traits for being successful in all spheres of life:

1. Know When To Make An Eye Contact

The most important factor that makes face to face communication effective is the eye contact. You need to keep all distractions at bay and need to have eye contact with the person with whom you are interacting. Maintaining an eye contact indicates your confidence in every word you are speaking and also symbolises that you have dedicated your complete attention to the person. But if a person if not maintaining an eye contact with you in return, then without being offended, you must perceive that it might be a part of the other person’s culture. You too must avoid making eye contact in such case as they might feel embarrassed or uncomfortable.

2. Share Happiness Of Other People

You can be truly successful when you are able to keep people around you happy. When you develop the skill of spreading happiness around you, then good things will surely follow you. You must make sure that when other people share their happiness with you, then you must not take it randomly. Rather you must think that the happiness should be doubled by celebrating their victory and showcasing genuine happiness for them.

3. Appreciate People

Another fantastic way to keep yourself socially attached to people is by appreciating them. This does not mean that you need to throw fake praises always. This will in fact isolate you and people will consider you as the least respected person. You need to learn the art of appreciating good things of people in a way that they are filled with confidence and they always look up to you as a genuine person.

4. Exhibit Positive Body Language

We all actually behave with a person in accordance with his/ her body language. If we see people leaning on the wall, walking as if their body lacks strength or sit awkwardly, then we may have some different perceptions about that person. We even may be sceptical before initiating a talk with them. However, if we see a person walking with confidence, maintaining a straight posture while sitting, talking with confidence and with proper eye contact, then our intuitions will tell us to talk upfront with that person. Therefore, you need to be cautious about how you exhibit yourself in front of public so that people don’t have misconceptions about you.

5. Keep Other’s Reputation Up In Their Absence

You need to be mature when you handle your social relationships. You can get an insight about a person’s outlook by the way he speaks of other people in their absence. People in fact have deteriorated their own character by taking pride in speaking bad about other people in their absence. If you know such people, then avoid association with them as they may speak about you at your back in similar fashion. You must also ensure that you appreciate people and keep their reputation up while speaking in their absence. If you are asked to speak about a person with whom you don’t share a good rapport then you must avoid speaking about them.

6. Try To Be A Good Listener & Be Curious

If you want to be socially active, then you must learn to be a good listener. Instead of speaking about yourselves always, try to listen other people’s perspective about things. In order to understand people and to strengthen your relationship with them, you must endeavour to listen to them and their experiences. You must also be curious to ask questions about them so that you get to know about them in depth. Ask questions to know their opinions and to seek their advice so that you get to learn many things from people.

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7. Pay Attention To Little Details

If you want to know more about people around you then you must observe little details about them. This does not mean that you need to peek into their houses to see what they are up to in their lives. You just need to analyse their behaviour towards you and other people, their body language and facial expressions to gain knowledge about them. Everyone plays a different role in different places and there are problems in everyone’s life. To be really successful in life, you must try your best to keep people around you happy by knowing little things about their life so that they forget their worries and trust you always to bring a smile on their faces.

8. Aim To Think About Positive Things

To be successful in all spheres of life, you need to drape a cloak of positivity around you so that negative vibes don’t contaminate your outlook. You need to find positive things in every thing and must focus on sharing your positive thoughts with your friends, family and other people with whom you interact. You need to establish yourself as a person who finds positivity even in difficult situations and must emerge as a person with whom people love to share their concerns and worries.

9. Be Polite & Patient

You must maintain a composed attitude by controlling your emotions and being polite while dealing with people. There are three magical words called ‘please’, ‘sorry’ and ‘thank you’ and you must make utmost use of these words so that you connect with people in a polite manner. Moreover, you must have complete control over emotions such as jealousy, anger, fear, etc and must patiently handle situations so that you don’t put your reputation at stake. You must give a respite to your mind when you are triggered with such emotions and rather than bursting out your emotions blindly at people, you need to understand the situation and present yourself as a thoughtful person.