People who always seem to rise to top of their professions and are well respected by others who share ability to converse with anybody in every situation.

People who seem to speak effortlessly and efficiently with others are generally well liked and highly successful.

If you need to improve your conversational skills, here are a few tips that can help you enhance your conversational skills and boost your image.

1. Always say what you think, not what you think others want you to say. Especially in a professional setting, learning to express your views and ideas in a positive, non-threatening manner will invite reactions and responses.

Effective leaders always say what they are thinking and express their ideas freely. Having courage to speak your mind as well as listening openly to views and ideas of others is a sure way to earn respect and admiration of all those you encounter.

2. Listen carefully to what others are saying. People often interpret things said by others in a way that clouds their ability to hear what people are intending to say.

By giving your full attention to speaker, you can hear what they intend for you to hear instead of what you want to hear.

The art of conversation includes ability to listen to others as well as ability to speak effectively.

How can you get an extra hour out of each day? For many small business owners this is a daily challenge.

I myself have often wished that there were 27 hours in day. I’ll even settle for 25.

Here are some tips to help you squeeze those extra minutes out of your day. Of course, you can adapt these so that they will fit in with your situation. I hope these are helpful to you.

1. Get up earlier

2. Watch less TV(I mean how many Law & Order spinoffs does one need to watch?)

3. Avoid allowing others to waste your time

4. If you don’t have to drive to work, use that time to study or planIf you do drive to work listen to a motivational tape on way to work instead of that mindless dj talk.

5. Organize your work; do it systematically.

6. Make creative use of lunchtime.

7. Delegate authority if possible.

8. Spend less time on unimportant phone calls.

9. Think first, then do task.

10. Do what you dream about doing, instead of just dreaming about it.

11. Work hardest when you’re most mentally alert

12. Eliminate activities which make smallest contributions to your life.

13. Always do toughest jobs first.

14. Before each major act, ask “Is this really necessary?”