ETIQUETTE TIP OF THE DAY:
The definition of "Listening" is: "Someone who clears his head and has no planned response until the speaker finishes speaking."
The true meaning of listening is not just pausing and waiting for the other person to finish as you plan your response. It is clearing your mind and having nothing to say at all until after the other person finishes speaking, then you quickly plan and execute your response.
Listening attentively is always harder than spewing opinions.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Definition of a Diplomat
The definition of a diplomat is:
"Doing nothing and saying nothing nicely."
A proficient Diplomat stands his or her own ground without ever making someone else feel inadequate. A good diplomat knows when to speak up and when to stand down.
Diplomats speak to everyone at the party. They know how to "work the room." Talking to each person for 5 minutes, then smoothly excusing oneself from the conversation and moving on to begin a conversation with the next person (or group of people) is a skill. Most people have to learn in their own style how to do it, then practice it until it is effortless.
Eye contact, handshaking, listening, being positive, appeasing and pleasing yet strong, beginning then ending a conversation are key skills in "working the room."
Practice this skill at your next party. Talk to people you do not know. You never know, you may make a new BFF. Enjoy!
"Doing nothing and saying nothing nicely."
A proficient Diplomat stands his or her own ground without ever making someone else feel inadequate. A good diplomat knows when to speak up and when to stand down.
Diplomats speak to everyone at the party. They know how to "work the room." Talking to each person for 5 minutes, then smoothly excusing oneself from the conversation and moving on to begin a conversation with the next person (or group of people) is a skill. Most people have to learn in their own style how to do it, then practice it until it is effortless.
Eye contact, handshaking, listening, being positive, appeasing and pleasing yet strong, beginning then ending a conversation are key skills in "working the room."
Practice this skill at your next party. Talk to people you do not know. You never know, you may make a new BFF. Enjoy!
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