Know How You Irritate Others
Prepare
yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your
mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility;
strength alone will not do.
– Lord Chesterfield
Do you irritate others? If so, do
you know how? We may not know how we irritate others. It may be some mannerism
or traits such as interrupting, when
someone talks; speaking with a loud voice; wounding someone’s emotions or
feelings with words; talking too much; boasting; snoring; slurping; making
unconnected or inappropriate comments; seeking undue favours. The list can be
endless!
Many may not tell you, but you
need to be aware.
There is a whole range of a
subject called ‘Etiquette’, the social skills, which we need to know
compulsorily. It changes from culture to culture. Especially when you move with
a heterogeneous body of people drawn from various cultures, you need to know
what is not acceptable in each culture.
Today why don’t you do an
exercise? Talk to some of your very close friends and ask them to give you some
feedback on how you irritate others? Encourage them to be frank. Work out an
action plan to get rid of the same!
(From my book '365 Exciting Ways to Live'
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