Comments on: Forget about asking yourself if you're likeable http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:34:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: matchmaker http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/comment-page-1/#comment-218541 matchmaker Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:31:59 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/#comment-218541 This is what “thick” is. It varies from recipe to recipe, and the product will range in consistency from somewhat syrupy to mayonnaise-like. The more you cook and the more you become familiar with the ingredients you’re using, the easier it will be to recognize when a mixture is “thick.” This is what “thick” is. It varies from recipe to recipe, and the product will range in consistency from somewhat syrupy to mayonnaise-like. The more you cook and the more you become familiar with the ingredients you’re using, the easier it will be to recognize when a mixture is “thick.”

]]> By: Rob http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/comment-page-1/#comment-214577 Rob Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:42:07 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/#comment-214577 The one I have most trouble with in a social interaction is "Provide Value". It seems to be so intangible. Is providing value in a social situation being a good listener? A chatty talker? An advise giver? Someone who flatters, encourages, challenges, intimidates, coerces? It could also be someone who makes judgments, or is honest about their insecurities so others can be comfortable with their own foibles, or someone who commiserates... which would contradict half of the list. I guess you just have to be all these things and more, while knowing just when to apply each as the situation changes second by second. I guess that's why I avoid social situations... too much work. But I am working on it... :) The one I have most trouble with in a social interaction is "Provide Value". It seems to be so intangible. Is providing value in a social situation being a good listener? A chatty talker? An advise giver? Someone who flatters, encourages, challenges, intimidates, coerces? It could also be someone who makes judgments, or is honest about their insecurities so others can be comfortable with their own foibles, or someone who commiserates… which would contradict half of the list. I guess you just have to be all these things and more, while knowing just when to apply each as the situation changes second by second. I guess that's why I avoid social situations… too much work. But I am working on it… :)

]]> By: The Likeability Guy http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/comment-page-1/#comment-188469 The Likeability Guy Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:08:28 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/#comment-188469 Great post. There is a lot to likeability and your suggestion on picking one area and working on that first is a good suggestion. Thank you. Aloha, Bob Sommers Great post. There is a lot to likeability and your suggestion on picking one area and working on that first is a good suggestion. Thank you.
Aloha, Bob Sommers

]]> By: Unikal'Nyi Kontent http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/comment-page-1/#comment-185811 Unikal'Nyi Kontent Sun, 17 May 2009 16:57:01 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/#comment-185811 Good morning. Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. I am from Ireland and too bad know English, give true I wrote the following sentence: "We are a comprehensive ebusiness, website design and seo services company based in austin, tx.Download blizzard internets free marketing white paper on search engine optimization for wordpress blogs." With love :-D, Celandine. Good morning. Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
I am from Ireland and too bad know English, give true I wrote the following sentence: "We are a comprehensive ebusiness, website design and seo services company based in austin, tx.Download blizzard internets free marketing white paper on search engine optimization for wordpress blogs."

With love :-D, Celandine.

]]> By: Eva http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/comment-page-1/#comment-133608 Eva Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:48:46 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/#comment-133608 What strikes me is that numbers four and five are contradictory. I guess I think of convictions entailing an idea of right and wrong, which means judgment about what falls into which categories. What strikes me is that numbers four and five are contradictory. I guess I think of convictions entailing an idea of right and wrong, which means judgment about what falls into which categories.

]]> By: laurence haughton http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 laurence haughton Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:34:54 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/#comment-1043 I came over because of the smart comment you left on businesspundit. C'mon, this list is awful. Ditch the whole thing. "Make people laugh" or "flatter, flatter, flatter" will beat everything on that list of "chicken soup" strategies. PS I like it when you are judgmental. I came over because of the smart comment you left on businesspundit.

C'mon, this list is awful. Ditch the whole thing. "Make people laugh" or "flatter, flatter, flatter" will beat everything on that list of "chicken soup" strategies.

PS I like it when you are judgmental.

]]> By: Emily http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 Emily Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:18:24 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/#comment-1042 (Thought I'd responded to this before but I guess it didn't take...) "Control your insecurities" is a good one - I once nervously but perversely confessed to a group of people I was trying to impress how scared I was of public speaking, which they were asking me to do. Felt like an idiot for days afterwards. I don't know about likeability, but it sure wasn't professional! (Thought I'd responded to this before but I guess it didn't take…)

"Control your insecurities" is a good one – I once nervously but perversely confessed to a group of people I was trying to impress how scared I was of public speaking, which they were asking me to do. Felt like an idiot for days afterwards. I don't know about likeability, but it sure wasn't professional!

]]> By: Penelope Trunk http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Penelope Trunk Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:11:11 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/#comment-1041 Good point, Chris. On the Meyers-Briggs test I'm an ENTJ, and I like that. So maybe I should not try so hard to stop judging. But I have a feeling that I'm off the deep end on the J. I wish I could, one day, take the test and wonder, for one moment, if I'm maybe a P. Maybe then I would feel a little more balanced.... and be more likeable, of course :) Good point, Chris. On the Meyers-Briggs test I'm an ENTJ, and I like that. So maybe I should not try so hard to stop judging. But I have a feeling that I'm off the deep end on the J. I wish I could, one day, take the test and wonder, for one moment, if I'm maybe a P. Maybe then I would feel a little more balanced…. and be more likeable, of course :)

]]> By: Chris Yeh http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Chris Yeh Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:20:14 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/21/forget-about-asking-yourself-if-youre-likeable/#comment-1040 The item I'd most need to work is eliminating judgments. On all the Meyers-Briggs tests, I'm always heavily on the Judging side versus the Perceiving side. On the other hand, I think that my ability to form quick judgments is a strength, not a weakness. Perhaps the item should be phrased, "Be open to changing your mind, and don't let judgments prejudice your actions." Not as clear, though! The item I'd most need to work is eliminating judgments.

On all the Meyers-Briggs tests, I'm always heavily on the Judging side versus the Perceiving side.

On the other hand, I think that my ability to form quick judgments is a strength, not a weakness.

Perhaps the item should be phrased, "Be open to changing your mind, and don't let judgments prejudice your actions." Not as clear, though!

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