Comments on: Can You Become a People Person?

By: analeigh

analeigh — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:31:41 +0000

Hi jarkko, i’m so glad that i ran into your site. this is anexcellent blog you posted, especially for introvert people like me. I’m a new student this year so talking to variety of people and being confident about it is def a necessity. thanks again.

and if its okay, can i ask some specific Qs via email?

By: David

David — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:26:32 +0000

Jarkko, I’m really glad I found your site.

I’m quite shy and have always wanted to become a people person. Thanks for sharing your strategies and for creating this discussion board. I hope to learn a lot from you and other members here!

By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:03:23 +0000

Yep. I use LinkedIn as well, although because there isn’t that much to personalize in there, I only visit it whenever someone new wants to add me as their friend ;)

By: Lynoure Braakman

Lynoure Braakman — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:38:43 +0000

Facebook? Hmm. I haven’t even tried that one as it seemed too much like MySpace. Do you use LinkedIn?

By: C2162

C2162 — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:17:20 +0000

Yesterday and today I found myself being quite a people person and enjoying it extremely. I went to a business meeting with an ad agency, and found out that we could actually do some business together. Our own business will be larger because of co-operative companies. Or it could be just an illusion. I also attended FinnGraf expo and talked to lots of people and…whoa…there was lots of business to do with the people I met.

By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:22:48 +0000

Arjan: That’s an interesting question that would deserve a much more thorough reply than this, but here are some of my thoughts:

I actually like the fact that my profile in Facebook is not shown to everyone. This way I can be more open about who I am (although I’m really open in general as well…) and be sure that I’m sharing my information only with people I want to share it with.

I was also really sceptical towards Facebook in the beginning as well, but slowly by using it I have become more and more a fan of it as it helps me to keep in touch with people more effortlessly than through e-mail or other means of communication.

In Facebook it feels OK to just drop a short note on someone’s “Wall” while if you send e-mail it seems that you need to write something longer and more well-thought. :)

I’m still having a hard time explaining what Facebook really is about, though. But I like it.

Ravi: I’m fine :) And thanks for contacting me – you sure are right. The more you just start sending e-mail to people and getting in touch, the more you notice that people usually are just delighted about it.

Most of us are just waiting for someone to get in touch with us, afraid of taking the first step.

Deron: That’s definitely a good way to become more of a people person :) Thanks for sharing the “tip”.

By: How To Become A People Person

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By: Deron Sizemore

Deron Sizemore — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:45:23 +0000

Yes, I think you can become a people person. I’ve become more of a people person over the last few years actually. Before I worked started working as a sales representative in my previous job I was a more of an introvert. After working with the public and HAVING to talk to all kinds of different people in that job, I really learned how to become a better people person.

I do try to keep in touch with people too. Either through IM or email. It’s good to just drop a quick note every now and again.

By: Ravi Vora

Ravi Vora — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:23:02 +0000

Jarkko,

Surprisingly enough I just thought of doing something similar to this a few days ago. I really wanted to start connecting with people because networking is such a powerful tool. Not to mention having more connections can make you happier. The best tool I’ve used so far has just been to ask about them. Once you get them talking the connection is instantly made.

So, how are you?

By: Arjan Zuidhof

Arjan Zuidhof — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:09:02 +0000

Hi Jarkko,
throwing in my 2-cents… getting to know other people is something I really like. Sending an email can be an appropriate means for that. However, communicating with services like Facebook bother me a lot. You see, we all carry a lot of different account all coming with their own credentials. That’s OK up to a certain level. But it’s getting out of hands, because over and over new, potentially interesting services pop up, all requiring a new account. Even that is OK, we make our own decisions on whether to join some service or not.
But. Getting to the point. Now this ‘Facebook meme’ seems to be the latest hype. Only thing: everything is hidden behind a login (AFAIK)! So they might have interesting things to show, but only to the small amount of people on the internet having a Facebook account. Lots of other services have public profiles available (e.g. on LinkedIn you can view profiles without an account. Of course, I can give numerous other details. It stops for me where you *NEED* an account to be able to see anything interesting. So far no Facebook for me. Call me old-fashioned, but this is where I draw the line, for now at least. I’d be happy to see your view on this…