Take a walk in your adversary's shoes. In an unsettling and/or unnerving situation when we feel we are "right" and the other person is "wrong" or unreasonable, I suggest we step back and tell the story from the other person's point of view. I once took a class from a wise mentor. He had us write a paragraph describing a co-worker who bothered us - either through their actions, words or attitude. I wrote about Marvin who lacked drive and the willingness to do his share of any job. In my paragraph, he was a shirker and lazy.

Then we were to pretend we were the person we had written about and to write a paragraph in their words about what they thought of us. What an eye opener!

We finished the exercise by writing a final paragraph

Take a walk in your adversary's shoes. In an unsettling and/or unnerving situation when we feel we are "right" and the other person is "wrong" or unreasonable, I suggest we step back and tell the story from the other person's point of view. I once took a class from a wise mentor. He had us write a paragraph describing a co-worker who bothered us - either through their actions, words or attitude. I wrote about Marvin who lacked drive and the willingness to do his share of any job. In my paragraph, he was a shirker and lazy.

Then we were to pretend we were the person we had written about and to write a paragraph in their words about what they thought of us. What an eye opener!

We finished the exercise by writing a final paragraph Making a Cold Call Fun
If you are in business in any capacity, you’ve made cold calls. If you’ve had to call anyone out of the phone book for any service whatsoever, you’ve made a cold call.So why are cold calls so HARD for people to make? How come people DRED making cold calls and how come there are sales classes and books dedicated directly to Cold Calling?I’ve been in a training class all week to learn the n "wrong" or unreasonable, I suggest we step back and tell the story from the other person's point of view. I once took a class from a wise mentor. He had us write a paragraph describing a co-worker who bothered us - either through their actions, words or attitude. I wrote about Marvin who lacked drive and the willingness to do his share of any job. In my paragraph, he was a shirker and lazy.

Then we were to pretend we were the person we had written about and to write a paragraph in their words about what they thought of us. What an eye opener!

We finished the exercise by writing a final paragraph The Secrets To Great Sales Presentations – Free Tips To Help You Persuade
The sales process includes many activities such as prospecting, making appointments, and closing. But one thing that you do each and every time in the sales process is you make a sales presentation. A sales presentation could be a sales pitch to one person, a presentation to a group of people, or a speech to an entire audience in an auditorium. Whichever it is, the end goal is always the same – to selld us - either through their actions, words or attitude. I wrote about Marvin who lacked drive and the willingness to do his share of any job. In my paragraph, he was a shirker and lazy.

Then we were to pretend we were the person we had written about and to write a paragraph in their words about what they thought of us. What an eye opener!

We finished the exercise by writing a final paragraph Tie Up Loose Ends or Find Yourself in Knots
The final step toward putting your past behind so you can reach for what's possible is tying up your loose ends. Loose ends are the unresolved relationships that keep you from sleeping worry free at night.Skeletons are hard to keep buried because they always have a bone to pick.You have a loose end, if there's someone you don't want to see at the grocery store or movie theater. You have a pretend we were the person we had written about and to write a paragraph in their words about what they thought of us. What an eye opener!

We finished the exercise by writing a final paragraph about what we liked about our antagonist. It was amazing that after walking through Marvin's paragraph about me, I had plenty of good comments to make about him - his laid back, easy-going nature with a smile and a hearty laugh for everyone, no matter what was happening. And, from that day onward, I stropped being bothered and began really liking him.

If we can't see and empathize with all sides of the situation, we will damage the relationship we have with a peer or client permanently. I am reminded of a program I had set up for an organization to which I belong. The presenter was giving the program to our group in November - I had booked him four months in advance to be safe. We touched base in October - all was on track. Then, one week before the date of the program he called to say that because of a family si

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