Paying attention to your surroundings can help you deal with social stress, understand and communicate with people better. Here is 7 quick tips to handing social situations and how to respond to other peoples behavior. This can also be very helpful for business networking meetings. 1. Whenever someone is angry and confrontational, stand next to them instead of in front of them. You won’t appear as so much of a threat, and they eventually calm down. 2. Open with “I need your help.” People don’t like the guilt of not helping someone out. When asking for a favor from someone, begin your request by saying “I need your help.” It greatly increases your chances of getting that favor done. 3. Rephrase what the other person says and repeat it back to them. This makes them think you’re listening and really interested in what they’re saying. It makes them feel validated. Obviously, you don’t want to overdo this. 4. If you want someone to agree with you, nod while you talk.This gets the other person to nod too, and they begin to subconsciously think they agree with you. 5. If someone doesn’t like you, ask to borrow a pencil. It is […]