Jm recently posted a view on the reasoning to why he feels wanting people skills is selfish, and I completely disagree. A work ethic is far more selfish than wanting to interact with people.
A good work ethic, for the most part benefits the self. It allows YOU to get things done. They may be for someone else, but the typical high school teenager wants a better work ethic to get homework done and over with to do what THEY want to do. Yes, in the future that will benefit an employer, but the work ethic is what will get them there in the first place. If we're going to compare, that seems pretty selfish in itself.
Wanting good people skills can be given the same argument. If you have good people skills and work with a career in relations, that will benefit your employer. If psychologists, teachers, doctors, or anyone who deals with customer service didn't have good people skills, they wouldn't have that job: No one would trust them. Wanting good people skills can be beneficial to other people if a person comes across someone who needed a friend. If the person with people skills didn't have those attributes, that would negatively affect the person desiring comfort. Yes, good people skills may aid in making friends and having friends, but that is not the only side of the argument.
And frankly, wanting good people skills and wanting to handle conflict easier are different answers with different backgrounds to them.
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