PRACTICING PROPER ETIQUETTE

                         

What is Etiquette?

                               Practicing good manners  Knowing how to behave in a given situation  Knowing how to interact with people 

Need:

Prospective and future employers expect it.  Proper etiquette helps you make a great first impression and stand out in a competitive job market. 

Communication is Key:

·        Verbal:  What you say and how you say it

·         Nonverbal:  handshake, posture, eye contact, facial expressions, confidence .

Basic Social Etiquette

·        Always be punctual

·        If invited to a function bring no one, unless the invitation states "and guest" 

·        Don’t smoke, chew gum or tobacco 

·        RSVP on an invitation stands for the French phrase "Respondez s'il vous plait,‖ meaning ―Reply, please.‖  In other words:

·        Respond to indicate whether you will or will not attend

·        Don’t show up without having responded

·        If you said yes and your plans change, let the host know you need to cancel 

·        Don’t be a no-show

Social Functions

·        Avoid hanging out exclusively with your friends; mingle and make conversation

·        Make attempts to meet as many people as possible

·        The art of small talk is asking questions 

·        If alcohol is served and you are underage, don’t drink!

·        If alcohol is served and you are over 21, drink conservatively!

·        Cocktail parties are not about the food! 

·        Don’t hover around the hors d’oeuvres! 

·        If you are of legal drinking age, it is best to keep your head clear and don’t drink 

·         Wear your nametag on your right chest area

First Impressions

·        It takes 30 seconds for a person meeting you for the first time to form impressions about you, your character, and abilities. 

·        You never get a second chance to make a first impression!

·        You’re always ―onstage‖. 

·        Always be prepared to look and sound your best 

·        Good grooming is essential  Smile and make eye contact 

5 Leadership Lessons from Nelson Mandela

“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”

“Long speeches, the shaking of fists, the banging of tables and strongly worded resolutions out of touch with the objective conditions do not bring about mass action and can do a great deal of harm to the organization and the struggle we serve.”

Leadership Quotes

“I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.” ― Nelson Mandela 

“Whoever wants to be great must become a servant.” ― Book of Mark 

“Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.” ― Theodore Roosevelt 

“Everyone must work to live, but the purpose of life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.” ― Albert Schweitzer 

“…when you choose the paradigm of service, looking at life through that paradigm, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift.” ― Oprah Winfrey

Top Martin Luther Quotes

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

 “Life’s most urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

 “Not everybody can be famous. But everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato or Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.”

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. Martin Luther

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. Martin Luther
 

  

Quotes From Swami Vivekananda

·        “They alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.”

·        “Arise! Awake! And stop not till the goal is reached.”

·        “To be good and to do good - that is the whole of religion.”

·        “Strength is life, Weakness is death.”

·        “All the power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that; don’t believe that you are weak. Stand up and express the divinity within you.”

Selected Quotes of Mahatma Gandhi

·       There is no reason to believe that there is one law for families and another for nations.

·       When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall - think of it, always.

·       An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

·       Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.

·       I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.

Five Most Selected Quotes For Success in Life.

ON SPEAKING:

                              Long speeches, the shaking of fists, the banging of tables and strongly worded resolutions out of touch with the objective conditions do not bring about mass action and can do a great deal of harm to the organisation and the struggle we serve.

ON THE FUTURE:

                                  Many people in this country have paid the price before me and many will pay the price  after me.

ON THE LIBERATION MOVEMENT:

                                                                    If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man.

ON CHALLENGES :

                                     Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a  sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.

ON FRIENDSHIP :

                                  I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

11 things you did not and will not learn in school!

   Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!  To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.       Bill Gates gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school.  He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.   

 Rule 1:  Life is not fair - get used to it! 

Rule 2:  The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about  yourself . 

Rule 3:  You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.  You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. 

Rule 4:  If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.  

Rule 5:  Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.  Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:   they called it opportunity. 

Rule 6:  If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. 

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now.  They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were.  So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. 

Rule 8:  Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT.  In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.  This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. 

Rule 9:  Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.   Do that on your own time. 

Rule 10:  Television is NOT real life.  In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. 

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds.  Chances are you'll end up working for one.  

                                                            If you agree, pass it on your friends .