Thursday, January 2, 2014

A matter of body language and politeness

Sadly enough today many young people ( sometimes even the older ones ) find it difficult to be able to communicate with others.Sensitive and observant people will be able to tell after the first sentence whether its worthwhile talking to them.Its time people realize that to a certain extent they owe it to others to answer questions civilly and with the right kind of body language.If not we should not waste time talking to such people. There are many ways of saying "yes" or "no".An enthusiastic "yes" or a diplomatic "no" will make a lot of difference.If you have to say " no" for instance ,instead of an abrupt one word "no" would it not be better to say , with an apologetic look " I am sorry but I can possibly do it ".What is so difficult about that? Today young people claim that they have become grouchies because of pressure at work or at home.I dont buy this.To me if you allow work pressure or home pressure to change your whole personality to the extent that you forget common courtesies and civility then you are not much of a person.Whatever problems you have it must never bend you to the extent that you lose your entire personality. People are observant and what you say and what you mean is reflected in your demeanor and experienced people can see through you.No one likes to communicate or say more than is necessary to people who are grumpy or talk to you with an agitated look on their faces.Such people simply dont realize that we do not need to have to deal with them if they behave in this way. Diplomacy, politeness , pleasantry will make others enjoy talking to you .Not otherwise !

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  1. dear Mr Toh

    how can i contact/email you ?

    faizasaleh11@gmail.com

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