It's better if you have a good relationship to a group or to some people.
It helps boost ego, confidence and moral support.
1. Keep skid chains on your tongue, always say less than you think, cultivate a low, persuasive voice. How you say it often counts far more than what you say. Talk in terms of the other man's interest. be a good listener.
2. Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully, no matter what it cost you.
3. Never let an opportunity pass to say a kind encouraging word to or about somebody, praise good work done, regardless of who does it, if criticism is merited, criticize helpfully, never spitefully. Give honest appreciation.
4. Be interested in others; interested in their pursuits, their welfare, their homes, and their families. Make merry with those who rejoice, and mourn with those who weep. Let everyone you meet, however humble, feel that you regard him as a person of importance.
5. Be cheerful. Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Hide your pains, wounds and disappointments under a pleasant smile. Laugh at good stories and be eager to tell them.
6. Preserve an open mind on all debatable questions. Discuss but don't argue; it is a mark of superior minds to disagree and yet be friendly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other persons.
7. Let your virtues, if you have any, speak for themselves, and refuse to talk about others vices. Discourage gossip and make it a rule to say nothing of another unless it is something good.
8.Be careful of others feelings. With and humor at the other fellow's experience are rarely worth the effort and may hurt where least expected. Make the other person feel important.
9. Pay no attention to ill natured remarks about you. Simply live so that nobody will believe them. Disordered nerves and poor digestion are common results of back-biting.
10. Don't be too anxious about getting dues. Do your work, be patient, keep your disposition sweet, forget self, and you will be respected and rewarded.
Be a good influence to yourself and to others.