Colleagues at your office or people you meet through business…there are many different types of people. Whether you can get along with them or not, people are people. They all have some points in common and can be divided into some types.
Males are especially more likely to fall into stereotype than females. Vanity, sociable, or busy may also be his type. Today, we will take a close look at male psychology, and learn 7 ways to be successful in business by understanding easily-missed male psychology.
7 ways for success in work by male psychology
-Praise and praise, accept his value
Don’t you have male senior associate who likes to pay a bill for everyone around you? At a drinking party, cafe, or at any small payment, he says “OK, OK” and eager to open his wallet. Such person is not rich.
Because he is a senior associate, he may have a bit more salary than you, but what he can use for himself is almost as same as you. Real rich person knows where to spend money, and saves at unnecessary occasion. Male psychology behind those who wants to pay a bill is a desire “to show himself greater”.
He might not be satisfied with evaluation from people around him, and feeling a little inferiority. To get along with such person, praise his behavior, even if it is a slight one, and accept its value. He is not a bad person, basically, so he will sure to back you up, who accept him.
-Use his manfulness
In a society, many males need to work with females under same condition, and yet some still think “manfulness, femininity” are important. Men are valued with physical and mental “strength”, and women should be “calm and kind”. Some people really stick to such thoughts.
They are not “classical-minded”, you should understand them as rather “childish”. They can’t deal enough with many values of adult society, and can only measure people’s value with ordinary “men or women”.
For such people, make them do “manly” tasks. It may be physically hard, or mentally difficult, but he is tough and it will bring him alive. You can concentrate on your job while he is working on it.
-Be careful with ulterior motives
Some people are always kind to people around them. Whether they first met or people of opposite position, they first put “kindness” in front of them when communicating with people. They are too kind that we sometimes feel intimidated about it.
You need to be careful, however, to deal with such people. If you understand interests and complexity of personal relationships in society, it is natural to have people who you can be kind to and who you can’t. You shouldn’t be two-faced too much, but it is natural for us to show different attitudes to different people.
“Kindness” is a sweet mask accepted by everyone. It can be said that too kind person is ignoring your position and value in some way. Maybe such person is thinking to use you somehow. You should be careful to judge the true thoughts hiding under the mask of “kindness”.
-Determine the right person for the right job
Some people are good at getting along with people they first meet. Some like to show off how much friends they have. If they happened to know a famous person even a little, they repeat talking about it as though they are really close friends.
They are so-called sociable people and love to get attention, obsessed with how they look, and like to have cars, watches, and other luxury items. They are exhibitionists, and what is more important for them is to look good rather than satisfaction of work. They would never do modest, backseat roles.
They have much pride as well, that they complain with small things and make bad atmosphere in the office. Therefore, such people should work in a position where the first contact with outside the company is made. If you need to deal with them directly, don’t go deeply into their conscious or personalities, but just praise what they have and how they look.
-Ask someone a job who is “really” busy
There are people who keep saying “I’m busy”. We all have some time to suffer irregular business, and can’t help saying so. However, some people say this all the time as though it is their character, and always running around saying “I’m busy, I’m busy…”.
Like “kindness”, as I mentioned earlier, “busy” is also a mask to make their own problem prior to everything, everyone. They think saying “busy” is an excuse to refuse new tasks. They are hiding their true thoughts, in a way.
On the other hand, a talented worker who really have a lot to do never says “I’m busy”. He knows that making good use of time and keep making achievements is what he should do as a member of society. If you want someone to do a task, never ask those who say “I’m busy”. This is another technique to be successful as a team.
-Be mind of weakness of people
We all have weaknesses, but it differs to each person. There are people who are obsessed with their hobbies. It doesn’t mean they are all weak.
Those who use limited time, such as weekends, for their hobbies like arts and sports, and earn high evaluation for them are positive about improving their ability. They usually have high sense of advancement in their job as well. However, you need to be cautious about those who stick to their hobby more than their job or important personal relationships.
Hobby is the place to heal them, and it has become a easy place to escape from reality. They maybe are looking for ways to escape when they are struggled, while working. You should not thrust upon them. Carefully and neatly lead them to concentrate their energy on work.
-Close your eyes, ears and mouth
Many men have know-it-all attitudes. Don’t you know such people around you? They are trying to make them look greater with knowledge.
Because they are just “pretending” to know, their words are often wrong. You shouldn’t point them out or warn them, however. Their words are their values as well, including mistakes.
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Males are always maintaining their identity by evaluation from society. That’s why they want to show themselves stronger and greater. I assume that you had someone in mind as you read examples I mentioned above. By understanding what is behind male psychology, you can be more calm and see things objectively when dealing with complex person.
Summary
7 ways for success in work by male psychology
-Praise and praise, accept his value
-Use his manfulness
-Be careful with ulterior motives
-Determine the right person for the right job
-Ask someone a job who is “really” busy
-Be mind of weakness of people
-Close your eyes, ears and mouth