Scott Urbanowski is doing some planning - both short-term and long-term!
I found this blog post called How to Improve Your Social Skills: 8 Tips from the Last 2500 Years , which offers these suggestions:
1. Listen.
2. Actually be interested in the other person.
3. Don’t listen too much to criticism.
4. Don’t babble on and on.
5. Treat others as you would like them to treat you.
6. Keep a positive attitude.
7. Use silence.
8. Communicate with more than your words.
Check out the blog post for more on each tip.