●Self-introduce
Yousimplystartwith“Hello。Myy”or“I’mBetty(orSallyChurchill)”or“I’dliketointroducemyself。I’mBetty”tointroduceyourselftoanewperson。Ahahyournameisacceptableinagroup。
Peopleyoudon’tkabig,amrers。Althoughinagrouptheymightseemasanimposingsolidbrickwall,itmaybebetterifyardacrowdasawallofindividualwindowsthateaofferyouadifferentviewoflife。Everodubeapleasure,ifyoufollowthesmallstrategiesandmanytipsedinthisbook。
lewhenyouintroduceyourselfbysayingyourowroduceyourselfasHelenFieldorHeleherpeoplers。Field。Butifwhooknowhowtocallyou,youtroduceyourselfasAuntHelenrandmaHelenifyouwaocallyouthat。
Ifyouareateaayintroduceyourselftothestudentswiththetitleyouwouldlikethemtmanman,forexample,butyoushouldwriteyourwholeheboard:SimonLongman。Aninversesrainsprofessorsfromiheirtitlesintointrodus(“Hello,I’mSimonLongman。”)iualcircles,thoughothersmayaddthetitles(“Hellman。”)。
Youwillbeonsafegroundifyouaddressbothdretiredambassadorial,military,judidclericalpeoplebytheirprofessions(AmbassadorBrowh,Justi,ReverendBrown,FatherBrown)or“ma’am”orsimply“sir”untilyouareverysureofprototheirworlds。Ifyouarenotsure,ask。
Youmayhopetoexpandonyourintroduwithpleasantriessuieetyou”,“Goodtoseeyou”or“oseeyouagain”afteryouhavesaidhelloandyourname。
Dettomakeeyedoffertoshakehandswhenyiyournameclearlyforyournewace,ifyourintrledyourname。
Ifyouareuheotherpersohenameagainasyousaysomethingalongthelinesof“you”,withaninquiriolethimhercorrectwhatyouthihehtrepeathisherfirststhtonafirst-namebasis。
&hepersoname(e。g。,Mr。Brown)untilyouareiobeonafirst-namebasis,oherpersonhasintroducedhimselfherself。
Say“Hello。Mynameis______。”toreintroduceyourselftoabriefformerace(ifyetthepersohepersonwillmostlikelyrespondwithhisherifheshedoesn’t,yousay“Youmaynotrememberme;I’mSimon。”Or“Irememberyou,butI’vefottenyourname。”Alwaysreintroduceyourselftoyoung,becausetheymayhavealreadyfottenwhieofgrown-upsyouareiervalsiheysa
Ifyouwanttointroduceyourselftotheseniororsomeohgreaterstatus,simplyuseg,Sir。MynameisSimonLongman;I’myourwife’sstudent。”
Payattentiontothepersonwhohasmadetheefforttointroducehimselfherselftoyou,ifyouarethepersonwithhigherstatus。Youshouldalsouseyourbestmannersandbecivilized。Doaseeminglyunimportaurnyouintoasnreatmascrueltybybeingunciviltoapersous。Giveeveryouleastthreeminutesofyourtimeaion。Bekind。
Thefollowiipsforself-introdu:
◇Lookpehtintheeyes。Eyetaportashowsyourdself-with“I’dliketointroducemyself”iohavetheotherpersoionwhenyousayyourname。
◇Smile。Keepismile(ahtoo)isalsoimportant。Smileiskindoficebreaker;itmakesyoulooklikeahappy,stablepersonanddrawspeopletoyou。
◇Handshake。Afirmhandshake,on,revealsyourself-ce。Butmakesurethatyoudoherperson’sarmorhand(trysqueezingslightlywithyersratherthanyourthumb)。Youwilldefinitelygainyourcethroughasqueezeandtrolhandshake。
◇Sayyourfullnameaelyaskingforothers’。TheheirnameswhilesayiyouJohn”or“It’sapleasuretomeetytheperson’snamewillhelpyourememberhishernameandagain,andwillshowyourcare,too。Haveagreatversation。Makesureyouintroduceyourfullname。
◇GivinganiameisabsolutelyOK,butitisinappropriatetosayyournameisyourniame。Ifyousideritajoke,itisanawkwardone。Alwaysgive’saniame,i。e。“Myname’sJack,buttheycallme‘Gorilla’”。
◇Tellingalittlebitrouostartyourversation。
◇Iiettotalkontopiwhichtheotherpersoedin。Butav。Youmaytellyourpositives,butdon’ttellyativesunlessyouareaskedto。
◇trateonthepers—givethemtherespectyouwouldliketoreceive。
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