people skills – Inspire99 https://inspire99.com Startup and Motivation Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:25:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://inspire99.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cropped-cropped-inspire99-logo-FB-cover2-32x32.jpg people skills – Inspire99 https://inspire99.com 32 32 44421129 5 ‘Humble Requests’ (Before I Get Up And Punch Your Nose!) To My Fellow Indians Abroad https://inspire99.com/5-humble-requests-before-i-get-up-n-punch-ur-nose-to-my-fellow-indians-abroad-in-a-foreign-land/ https://inspire99.com/5-humble-requests-before-i-get-up-n-punch-ur-nose-to-my-fellow-indians-abroad-in-a-foreign-land/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2015 12:00:37 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=8097 Author: Preethi Anantha Narasimhan 5 Humble Requests When I came out of my India as a student to UK, I met a lot of new people. Lot of wonderful people, some from India too. It was a very beautiful experience to come to a foreign country and settle in and study and make a new life ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/5-humble-requests-before-i-get-up-n-punch-ur-nose-to-my-fellow-indians-abroad-in-a-foreign-land/feed/ 13 8097 Empathy or Sympathy? https://inspire99.com/empathy-or-sympathy/ https://inspire99.com/empathy-or-sympathy/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2014 16:52:39 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=4863 There are a lot of people who shower their sympathy on you but it’s just a few countable ones who show empathy and those are the only ones with whom you can share your pain and talk your heart out. I came across this simple and a very sensible video showing the power of empathy. Watch the ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/empathy-or-sympathy/feed/ 8 4863 Being Funny : 13 Things You Should Not Do https://inspire99.com/13-things-you-should-avoid-if-you-are-trying-to-be-funny/ https://inspire99.com/13-things-you-should-avoid-if-you-are-trying-to-be-funny/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:31:51 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=4792 Who doesn’t like to be funny? Who doesn’t like the image of a crowd surrounding them, laughing with them, catering a lot of attention to them and waiting for their every word to split into a chuckle of laughter. We have always maintained humor as an extraordinary talent capable of steering a conversation into a ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/13-things-you-should-avoid-if-you-are-trying-to-be-funny/feed/ 37 4792 People, Communication : Why introduce everyone to everyone https://inspire99.com/why-introduce-everyone-to-everyone-people-communication/ https://inspire99.com/why-introduce-everyone-to-everyone-people-communication/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:27:57 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=4381 “Hey! How nice to see you.” I heard a voice from behind. I turned back to see who was feeling nice to see me :D Well that’s when I discovered that the nice feeling was for my friend. They were her other gang of friends. All these people started talking and had a gala time ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/why-introduce-everyone-to-everyone-people-communication/feed/ 14 4381 Wrong Communication: 8 Simple Steps To Avoid The Fear https://inspire99.com/8-steps-to-avoid-the-fear-of-wrong-communication/ https://inspire99.com/8-steps-to-avoid-the-fear-of-wrong-communication/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:05:47 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=4364 Are you a perfect speaker? Or a perfect communication expert? Well! If the answer is don’t care – then you are either in a little bit of trouble or very confident of yourself and if the answer is yes, then read on, the article below might change how you look at communication and of course ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/8-steps-to-avoid-the-fear-of-wrong-communication/feed/ 4 4364 How I Met Your Mother: Revenge! https://inspire99.com/how-i-met-your-mother-revenge/ https://inspire99.com/how-i-met-your-mother-revenge/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:48:35 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=4105 How I Met Your Mother: Revenge! Television series like F.R.I.E.N.D.S and How I Met Your Mother have never failed to teach me emotional values. One of the recent lessons was from the above line. I could totally relate to it as I did the same and do it unknowingly sometimes even today. I guess we ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/how-i-met-your-mother-revenge/feed/ 15 4105 Social Skills : What do you do when the phone rings? https://inspire99.com/10-reasons-not-to-pick-up-a-phone-while-communicating/ https://inspire99.com/10-reasons-not-to-pick-up-a-phone-while-communicating/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2014 06:47:06 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=4102  My friends hate me for this! I have always discouraged the use of phone when I am talking to someone or in the middle of an interesting conversation of a debate. I mean there is a huge intensity in the talk, a lot of care and affection and suddenly the phone beeps and the other ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/10-reasons-not-to-pick-up-a-phone-while-communicating/feed/ 12 4102 Aaah that person is so stupid! https://inspire99.com/aaah-that-person-is-so-stupid/ https://inspire99.com/aaah-that-person-is-so-stupid/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2014 17:12:36 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=3854 I was enjoying a lovely evening with my friends whom I had met after 2 years. It was fun and a happy conversation. We were having fun making fun of others and never realized that we had crossed our limits. One girl always came up with one or the other negative comments about all the ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/aaah-that-person-is-so-stupid/feed/ 12 3854 Pretty please and thank you! https://inspire99.com/pretty-please-and-thank-you/ https://inspire99.com/pretty-please-and-thank-you/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:39:45 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=4013 What does politeness have to do with LIFE?  I have been a huge fan of communication and it often makes me wonder how powerful these words can be and the importance of choosing these words carefully. One of the biggest compliment I have heard was from my team mate who said – “Vinay, I have ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/pretty-please-and-thank-you/feed/ 13 4013 The power of saying Thank you! https://inspire99.com/power-saying-thank/ https://inspire99.com/power-saying-thank/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:00:35 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=3910 The power of saying Thank you! How often have you felt this? You want to say thank you someone, you have felt completely inspired by them, you want to go up to them and show that you appreciate them, shower your praise on them. But something holds you back! Something makes you think before you ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/power-saying-thank/feed/ 5 3910 Communication: The sound of your voice https://inspire99.com/videos-the-sound-of-your-voice/ https://inspire99.com/videos-the-sound-of-your-voice/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:23:31 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=3666 Communication: The sound of your voice I find it as a special attraction to write about communication, its intricacies and how beautifully it can effect a change. Sharing a video of TED TALKS by Julian Treasure. Introduction : Julain Treasure is an expert in the mastery of sound in speaking and listening and how it affects ... Read more

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]]> https://inspire99.com/videos-the-sound-of-your-voice/feed/ 15 3666 Judge People: How To Stop Judging https://inspire99.com/judge-people-how-to-stop-judging/ https://inspire99.com/judge-people-how-to-stop-judging/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:57:36 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=3451 What is the first thing you do when you meet someone new? You try to understand who they are, what type of a person they are, whether they are compatible with you or not, whether you should be friends with them or continue talking to them or listen to them or even smile at them. ... Read more

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