SUCCESSFUL PERSONALITY
SUCCESSFUL PERSONALITY
The old-time door-to-door salesmen who were worth imitating also had personalities worth emulating. They always presented themselves as apparently being truly pleasant and obliging good-natured individuals.
They shook hands firmly and maintained eye-to-eye contact with people they spoke to.
Last week I was in the library and saw two adolescents sitting in a corner amusing themselves with a table game. I hoped to begin a small friendly conversation with them and try to put in a favorable word about Esperanto.
Both of them were the most introspective and introverted boys I ever met. Neither one nor the other looked at me, and gave me one-syllable replies in a monotone. I usually pride myself on my skill in striking up conversations with strangers of any age, but I completely failed to evoke a single word from this pair.
I feel sorry for intelligent people who lack personalities for extroverted interaction with others. I consider it a great pity.
Of course even lacking that, one may be successful in many undertakings, but never as an Esperanto recruiter.
One can achieve the necessary personality to successfully recruit.
The old-time door-to-door salesmen who were worth imitating also had personalities worth emulating. They always presented themselves as apparently being truly pleasant and obliging good-natured individuals.
They shook hands firmly and maintained eye-to-eye contact with people they spoke to.
Last week I was in the library and saw two adolescents sitting in a corner amusing themselves with a table game. I hoped to begin a small friendly conversation with them and try to put in a favorable word about Esperanto.
Both of them were the most introspective and introverted boys I ever met. Neither one nor the other looked at me, and gave me one-syllable replies in a monotone. I usually pride myself on my skill in striking up conversations with strangers of any age, but I completely failed to evoke a single word from this pair.
I feel sorry for intelligent people who lack personalities for extroverted interaction with others. I consider it a great pity.
Of course even lacking that, one may be successful in many undertakings, but never as an Esperanto recruiter.
One can achieve the necessary personality to successfully recruit.
posted by Ricxardo at 8:18 AM
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