I've been in a writing mood lately so I'm posting again before I go hide in my hole again, so here we go.

Intro

It doesn't take much to leave a good impression on people. It doesn't take much for people to like you, and it doesn't take much to diffuse a situation with your words. It's simple to do IF you have the tools. I'm here to hand you handy habits to habitually use.

Body

To quote the famous Dale Carnegie "Nothing gets a persons dick/clit more engorged with blood than the sound of their own name". Ok that's not an exact quote, but it's pretty much what he said. First thing is first. You ask a person for their name and you make sure to REMEMBER it. It's ok to forget, but politely ask for it again and try to remember. One tip to remember a persons name is to create a metaphor or association with that person and their name. For example, you meet some cool dude named Steve. So Steve is pretty cool, he's stone cold. When you see Steve you think of Stone Cold Steve Austin, and it helps you to remember that his name is Steve. It's silly, but it's the technique preached in the Dale Carnegie course and it works.

Keep things HIV, and by that I mean, positive. People hate criticism. They get defensive, and it creates negative emotions and associations. People believe they are borderline infallible, and will not blame themselves 99% of the time. Honest praise is the best tool to their hearts. Most people have at least one thing that is worthy of honest praise. Maybe they're dressed nicely, maybe they have great kids, maybe he has a nice bulge. Whatever it is, praise them HONESTLY. They'll love it and think better of you.

Next thing you should be is self control in a fat chick, aka a rare commodity. So this is a double whammy, and it's also a negative behavior in the sense that you're intentionally not doing something. So people find familiar things comfortable and like them more. So if they see you often they will grow to like you more. That doesn't mean talking to them more, it means literally seeing you more. In addition, you want to be scarce. You should be busy and not always available. That makes you a more valuable person. If you were busy and important, then why would you always be free to talk and bullshit all the time? Think of a guy instantly answering texts all the time. It's unattractive.

At least get a brown belt in your verbal judo. There was a post maybe a month ago on that exact topic and I recommend looking that up. I'll hit some highlights.
People want to save face and will blurt out stupid general crap. The example used in the older post was a gf/wife/FWB stating

"The only thing you ever want from me is sex"

Well that's a ludicrous statement. You also want her to cook and keep her mouth shut. But in all seriousness that's a hurtful phrase (if you care, I would be hurt) and it implies several things. I won't get into nuance, but empathy is your friend. I didn't say be sympathetic. I didn't say take her side. I said be empathetic. What that means is see things from her perspective and work towards a solution by noncommittally agreeing with her. Here's something I've roughly said to that in the past.

"You're so sexy, I can't help it, I'm surprised that I'm not already on top of you right now. What else do you want to do together, I don't want you to feel like that because you're a lot more than that to me."

Fun fact, I wasn't lying at all, but look at the language. I noncommittally agreed, and I addressed her concerns and took all the wind out of her accusation. You can do this in your own words, but that's how I talk to gfs and such.

The same principle of verbal judo works in altercations and work place concerns. You deflect the verbal attack, suck the energy out of the accusation, and address the concern. I recommend the book verbal judo for learning more about this.

Last thing is to ask general questions to a person. They get to talk about their favorite thing on the planet, themselves. This relates to the name thing as well. When you ask questions you give them the opportunity to talk about themselves, and you patiently listen and extract information such as commonalities, that you can then bond over, and build connections through. They'll be mainly happy that someone just listened to them. Why do you think people post so much garbage on social media, It's because they are lonely and want to be heard.

Conclusion

Some mind blowing common sense here. Basically, don't be a dick, be pleasant, be patient, and people won't hate you (most of the time).