It’s often said that humans are “social animals.” What this means is that humans, like other animals in nature from ants to higher mammas like dolphins, are reared in groups and live most of our lives in groups. And although, at times, some of us need solitude, we are by and large social. From the […]
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Developing Good ‘People Skills’ Whether dealing with co-workers, family members, friends or any other conceivable group of people, communicating well—or, having strong “people skills”—does seem to go a long way. Often times, interpersonal conflict arises when we fail to communicate properly, or so psychologist Robert Bolton would argue. Bolton, who published his seminal work in 1979, “People […]