It’s so easy to show that you respect and appreciate someone if you know how to. If you’d like some ideas on what to do, read this article on the inc.com website. Have you ever thought about offering praise publicly? Or celebrating milestones? And what about leaving a lagniappe on someone’s desk, particularly if you think that he/she is having a difficult time?
Did you see how President Putin wrapped a shawl around China’s First Lady last year? So what went wrong?
Take a look at this short video clip from BBC World News and then listen to the comments made by international etiquette consultant William Hanson.
Do you think we ought to fit in with our host’s cultural norms or should our host should fit in with ours?
Sceptical customer to the used car dealer: “How is your customer service?”
Used car dealer to customer: “Oh, that’s first class. Anybody who buys a car from us gets a free copy of the latest train schedules!”
I know I’ve spoken about napping before and how important I think it can be if you want to perform well at work. Here’s another article written by Michael Hyatt on how we can take ‘killer naps’, as he calls them. You might be surprised to hear that even drinking coffee can help you fall asleep!
So you want to talk about the schools you went to (we don’t ‘visit’ schools by the way, we ‘go’ to them!). After ‘nursery school’ or ‘kindergarten’ you probably went to a ‘primary school’ and then to ‘secondary school’.
If you went to a German ‘Gymnasium’, which we call a ‘grammar school’ in Britain and a ‘high school’ in America, you shouldn’t say that you went to a ‘gymnasium’. A ‘gymnasium‘ is where you do gymnastics, so people might misunderstand you! 😉
