In a Nutshell: Six Ways to Make People Like You
1. Become genuinely interested in other people. 2. Smile. 3. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. 4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. 5. Talk in terms of the other person’s interests. 6. Make the other person feel important — and do it sincerely.
What makes a good neighbor?
Courtious, polite and caring are traits of a good neighbour. Neighbours that are friendly and helpful are the best.
1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. 2. Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, “You’re wrong.” 3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. 4. Begin in a friendly way. 5. Get the other person saying “yes, yes” immediately. 6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking. 7. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers. 8. Try honesty to see things from the other person’s point of view. 9. Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires. 10. Appeal to the nobler motives. 11. Dramatise your ideas. 12. Throw down a challenge.
How to Win Friends
1. Don’t criticise, condemn or complain. 2. Give honest and sincere appreciation. 3. Arouse in the other person an eager want.
What principles define how you live?
The purpose of my life is to experience happiness and freedom.
And my mission is to accomplish this to create a loving caring environment for myself, my family, friends and others by creating wealth with a positive optimistic attitude.
What have you been putting off doing? Why?
I have been putting off painting my shed abd areas of my house. The reason is time money and I do not enjoy doing it. I keep putting it off . I am determine to start and finish by December this year.
When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?
10 years old and cooking breakfast for my young brother, Paul. When he was starting school, it was up to me to get myself and my two brothers off to school, in the mornings that’s when I first felt grown up. It was my responsibility to make sure that we got up had breakfast.And got off to school.
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?
If I had a million dollars who I would give it to would be would be a charity that helps people with mental health. One area in life that I feel that there isn’t enough help and there isn’t enough value placed on is mental health. Mental health facilities and charities that help people with mental health are too few. Seeing people struggle with mental health and seeing that there is no one out there to really help is frustrating. It’s one area in life that we need a lot of assistance . This is why I would donate a million dollars to this organisation.
What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.
If I could do something that would guarantee me not to fail, it would be sports management. I absolutely love football, and I would love to have done something with sport.It’s something that I love and I am very passionate about.
What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself?
The hardest personal goal that I set for myself was owning my own retailbbusiness. I started off at 28 years old owning my own business and worked every day and grew it to 6 retail locations. This was the toughest and hardest goal that’d ever set myself. I was so proud to be successful business owner for 16 years, and it is one of the greatest goals that I ever achieved. I did it through pure persistence and a will of never giving up.There’s a lot of good times and bad times a lot of success and failure, but it taught me a lot about myself as a person.
Tony Monteleone 