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The Secret to Being a Likeable Person
By Rick Warren

Joseph lived in the home of Potiphar, his Egyptian owner. Soon Potiphar realized that the LORD was helping Joseph to be successful in whatever he did. Potiphar liked Joseph and made him his personal assistant.” Genesis 39:2-4 (CEV)

If you want to stand out at work, you need to be likeable. If people dont like you, theyre not going to trust you, and they certainly wont promote you.

A lot of people think likeability is just a matter of personality. Youre either a likeable person or youre not.

But nothing could be further from the truth. Likeability is not personality; its character. Its behavior. Its how you choose to relate to other people. Likeability is possessing the attractive attitudes—and those are choices—and the relational skills that cause others to want to work with you.

Do you want to be liked by other people? Heres the big secret: Like them. Thats it. If you like people, guess what? Theyre going to like you. If you dont like people, theyre not going to like you. To be likeable, you just have to like people. You have to genuinely enjoy them. You have to choose to be interested in others and think less about yourself.

Joseph is a good example of likeability in Genesis 39:2-4: Joseph lived in the home of Potiphar, his Egyptian owner. Soon Potiphar realized that the LORD was helping Joseph to be successful in whatever he did. Potiphar liked Joseph and made him his personal assistant” (CEV). Potiphar took a guy who started as a slave and promoted him to the manager of his household because noticed God was helping him succeed, and he liked him.

What are the attractive attitudes that make someone likeable? How about humility? Would you rather be around someone who is arrogant or someone who is humble?

How about cheerfulness? Would you rather be around somebody cheerful or grouchy?

How about empathy? When you tell others that youre not feeling well, would you rather they respond, Thats too bad” or Im really sorry. Whats going on?” When youre empathetic with someone who is hurting, guess what? Youre likeable. Bosses like people who are empathetic to their stress, who understand, and who can look at a situation from somebody elses point of view.

When you help somebody else succeed, then youre going to be likeable. And when youre likeable, youre going to find success.

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