The 14 Laws of Likeability
Over the past 5 years I’ve studied and researched why people like each other and why they don’t. To date I’ve uncovered 10 characteristics that make people likeable. Here’s what I’ve discovered.
To begin, you must understand the overriding principle of likeability. All 10 characteristics fall under its influence. The principal states: “We like the people who genuinely help us like ourselves.” The keyword is “genuine.” Anyone can fake likeability, and they often do.
As a matter of fact, the vast majority of sociopaths practice the skill of likeability without understanding why or how it work. They’ve learned through a life of trial and error how to act in such a way to get what they want from others. They don’t understand the principle, just that it works.
If you want to be genuinely liked by others and reap the rewards offered to likeable people, you must approach each of these characteristics with a pure heart. If you don’t, you will soon be discovered as a fraud and treated as such.
Laws Of Likeability
- We like people who like us
- We like people who are like us
- We like people who stimulate us
- We like people who we see frequently
- We like beautiful people
- We like people who we associate with good feelings
- We like people who we help
- We like genuine/honest people
- We like polite people
- We like people who can laugh at themselves
- We like people who are relevant in our lives
Stay tuned because I will be discussing each of these principles in detail in the future. I would also enjoy your thoughts and comments on the subject.
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The Laws Of Likeability | Bob Sommers | 
February 18, 2009 8:41 am