Girls Without Borders - Change the World

This is how YOU do it.

In this world of cut throat competition its all about first impressions. It's not about what you do do but about how you do it. Girls withut Borders gives you a 'low down' on etiquette - the usual word for the code governing manners and conduct, and for observance of these rules. Here are more tools to help you rule the world !

HERE IT GOES...

• Stand up when meeting people.
• Go around anything that is between you and the person you are being introduced to (i.e. furniture).
• Pay attention to the other person. Look alert and interested. Often, you will have a better chance of remembering their name.

HAND SHAKE RULES                                   

 1. Extend your hand in an
open vertical, flat position.
 

2.Tilt your fingers down with your thumb up, exposing the web of your hand towards the other person.

3. Go in for the handshake, grabbing the other person´s hand in a firm but not crushing handshake.

4. Never pat the top of the hand.

5. Finally, get your hand back. The length of the handshake should be 2-3 seconds

Conversation                                                         

Learn the art of social conversation and appropriate topics of conversation for formal and informal occasions.Social conversation is very important. Often social conversation can be boring if we are uninterested in talking or if the talk does not pertain to ourselves. It is important to always be attentive. Here are some basic rules regarding social conversation:

• Keep it short! It is social conversation after all.
• Avoid talking about topics that evoke opinions or emotions. Examples of these are: Religion, politics and money.
• Watch your speech patterns. Do you interrupt people when they are speaking? Do you finish other people´s statements? If so you are not listening to the speaker!
It is important not to monopolize the conversation.
If you experience rudeness in conversation, ignore it.

• If someone extends you a compliment, accept the compliment. Also, if you are the one extending the compliment; always be sincere.
• Always think twice about criticizing someone. Ask yourself, is it your place to be critical? Always be constructive and do it in private.
Never complain. If you are experiencing a problem, deal with it yourself.

What to Talk About?                                     

Here are some possible topics of conversation:

• current events
• positive news
• books and trade publications
• the event at hand
• personal hobbies
• the entertainment world
• topics in your line of work


We hope that these little things will take you a long way. From time to time we will be putting up more ways to success.

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