# Habit 7 – Not being a good listener.
 Have you ever noticed how you tend to fall into a mind    drift as soon as the other person begins to speak? Okay, well if you really don’t care about the person, then fine. But if you do, make an effort to listen and let the person speak. It will only help you further on in the conversation.

  # Habit 8 – Refusing to be open minded.
Close mind doesn’t make you a winner of people. You don’t have to agree with all but at least you can keep your mind to listen and understand their point of view.
This often creates a barrier to building bridges when interacting leading to long-term harm. There are so many different types of people out there. There are different religions, different castes/races, different cultures, and different languages.
We should learn to accept others for who they are not for what we want them to be. Open-minded means giving full respect and checking out our understanding. We can always convey our views and convince others with our ability to communicate effectively. This can only happen if they can see we are surely open-minded.

   # Habit 9 – Not being Proactive.
Laziness or procrastination often destroys our image and intentions to succeed. We usually stay in a reactive mode rather than being proactive. Without action life does become dull or routine. It is up to us to do something so our future becomes fruitful – rather than moan or complain.
We tend to focus on wrong things rather than important ones.
We get what we FOCUS on. What we are achieving today is the result of what we are REALLY focusing on or even NOT focusing on. So stop blaming others or situations or circumstances, instead take action to plan, prepare and proceed.

   # Habit 10 – Avoiding talking to strangers.
Ever since the younger days, our parents have drilled into us that talking to strangers is bad. However today’s world is different when we grow up and interact in a Professional World.
Nowadays person who can interact well with anyone gets lot more recognition, respect and admiration in the Corporate jungle.
You must feel comfortable speaking with all different types and levels of personnel within and outside your organisation.

  # Habit 11 – Not keeping in touch with your   Business Contacts
It is crucial nowadays to keep in touch with your key acquaintances to make sure you maintain the best relationships. Regular contact to remind them is getting important as we build a mountain of contacts in the ‘E-world’.
Often festivals or birthdays are good enough reasons to forget the relationship or remind them of our existence.

   # Habit 12 – Doesn’t enjoy Social-networking
Work is always important but we still need to find little time to greet and network with people in our daily lives. We often tend to withdraw ourselves and only network with people we like. It is a case of pick and choose who I get on with and then I will open up or get interested in them. People are often avoided who we see on a regular basis.
To become a people person we should network – chitchat – small talk – to show you are a friendly, caring and approachable person. It also helps to build respect for your openness making them feel important. If you get a chance, do go out occasionally and have fun as well as memorable trips/nights/functions out!
It is your second family – as most of us spend more than one third of our life at work.