How to be remarkable#18: Be likeable

On February 16, 2025  By thesuccessmanual   Topic: Remarkable

This guide belongs to 100 Ways To Be Being Remarkable Series, a special project that brings you business and self-development advice from The Success Manual.

Read this in conjunction with the posts about having friends and not being an asshole.

Give others Hope
Yes, we can.
Yes, we can change.
Yes, we can.
Yes, we can heal this nation.
Yes, we can seize our future.

- Barrack Obama

NINE THINGS THAT YOU MUST DO


- Remember names.
- Smile.
- Be interesting.
- Be humble.
- Know yourself better.
- Always look for the positive qualities in a person.
- Praise people. Make them feel better. Build up their ego.
- Congratulate upon someone’s achievement. Show sympathy when they are in sorrow or if they feel disappointed.
- Be a pillar of strength. Help people be stronger.

THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE LIKE YOU

1. Empathy: Your ability to read the other person. There is actually some research that shows that your ability to read another person accurately is correlated to how socially popular you are.

2. Similarity: People like people who are similar to themselves

3. Liking: The fact that they think you like them will make them like you
- Research

Love with your mouth shut, help without breaking your ass or publicizing it, keep cool but care.
- Thomas Pynchon

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