Hello! Let's Talk!!
by Lou VickeryPublish: Mar 12, 2024Book Overview
Hello! Let’s talk!!There is little doubt that the technological growth of electronic devices has put pressure on the development of communication skills. However, technology cannot effectively replace the social interaction craved by human beings. That’s right, we need each other. Human interaction is still the greatest s... ource of earthly strength available to us.
Research has found that most regular social media users feel isolated when disconnected and unplugged from their electronic world. Loneliness is a big negative that has developed from the social media climate. Studies show technology is isolating upwards of forty percent of the real world. These individuals expressed loneliness and were lost when they were away from their electronic devices.
Now, with all that said, it does not mean we write social media off as a crucial tool in building connections and developing solid relationships. Future interactions will expand the use of electronic devices in an ever-growing way. How effective we are in this area of crafting and constructing social media relationships will be important to overall social growth and development.
Yet can the electronic age offer enough to guarantee quality interactions and the ability to grow your social skills? Will it provide the connectivity that leads to better self-development and quality social fulfillment in life? Or will social media and electronic devices continue to expand in their limitation of face-to-face interactions and the growth of relationships?
The question raised with the title of the book, after the “Hello,” what next? is very definitive of where so many are in the development of their social skills. How do you stack up?
The mission of this book is found in the need, even the desire, to engage in meaningful and informative conversations with a variety of people. After the “Hello,” what next? Our focus will encompass the “how to” in the use of personal and communal skillfulness to accomplish an individual or collective relational-building goal. Our emphasis is on personal social-relational skills like approachability, relational goals, listening, asking questions, word usage, tone of voice, body language, activity management, emotional intelligence, networking, and a long list of personal traits.
Operative interactional skills extend beyond the above list to engage economic, psychological, and emotional facets of life. From a functional basis, the expansion of your ability to engage in collaborative behavior with other individuals is our goal. We feel nothing is more important than the development of the human desire for social interaction and relational activities with others.
There is a self-administered Behavior Style Analysis M.A.T.E. PERSONAL ASSESSMENT available to provide you with a better understanding of yourself and how you come across to others. The M.A.T.E. is designed to help better understand personal behavior and assist in the ability to discern the behavior of those you interact with regularly. It is an interesting and informative exercise. It is not a test. There are no right or wrong answers. Only you will know the results.
Look at this book as a resource book. It can serve as your “go-to” book to provide guidance and encouragement in your efforts to find your social groove. The book is just a launching pad. Its purpose is to inspire you—even probe -you—to uncover what you already have on the inside.
We want you to connect with those internal qualities and use them to enrich your social presence in the world of people. This resource guide can make a big difference in expanding what happens after the HELLO! Significant progress in the “people business” holds the key to enjoying greater prosperity in life. This book will help you enjoy that! read more
