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Be a Shortcut

The Secret Fast Track to Business Success

Wiley,

15 mins. de lectura
10 ideas fundamentales
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¿De qué se trata?

The emotional intelligence path to success: To get ahead become a human “shortcut” and make life easier for other people.


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6

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Business consultant Scott G. Halford helps employees boost their emotional intelligence (EI), the capacity to assess and influence the emotions of other people. He coined the term “Shortcuts” to describe emotionally intelligent people – and companies – who make life better for their customers and cohorts. Companies prize employees with strong EI skills because consumers would rather deal with people who treat them well and make them feel good. Halford explains how you and your company can become shortcuts. Much of his information is old-fashioned common sense: Make yourself indispensable, maintain a positive attitude, and treat everyone around you with solicitude and respect. However, Halford blends these venerable verities with timely, in-the-know tips on how individuals and firms can pull onto the shortcut superhighway. He believes that anyone who doesn’t become a shortcut is shortchanging his or her career, and he tells you why. getAbstract finds that his book can help you and your business make short work of your transformation to shortcut status in the shortest possible time.

Summary

“The Know-Why”

People love “Shortcuts.” They save time and make things achievable much more quickly and efficiently. Shortcuts help you get from one place to another. They save you steps at home (a lawn care service) and on the job (an assistant). Other “Human Shortcuts” include the people who style your hair, plan your finances, clean your house, do your taxes, or pick up and deliver your laundry. Shortcuts make life easier for others at work or at home, so they are in high demand. People admire celebrities, but they revere shortcuts. Without shortcuts, things would be so much more difficult.

If you are not a shortcut, you can become one quickly. Being a shortcut is the best possible insurance against job loss. Of course, many shortcuts already work for themselves. They deliver such helpful services that people are happy to pay a premium price. Shortcuts share these traits:

  • They pitch in gladly and do whatever is needed at work, even if it does not fall under their job description. Shortcuts are the exact opposite of “high-maintenance employees.”
  • Shortcuts are delighted to make you look good.
  • They are satisfied employees with consistently...

About the Author

Scott G. Halford is a business consultant, speaker and author who specializes in the field of emotional intelligence.


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