Comments on: 9 ways to stand out from the crowd, or how to be a winner http://www.socialpacks.com/2007/07/26/9-ways-to-stand-out-from-the-crowd-or-how-to-be-a-winner/ Making money, personal growth and blogging Fri, 14 May 2010 18:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: dcr http://www.socialpacks.com/2007/07/26/9-ways-to-stand-out-from-the-crowd-or-how-to-be-a-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-28 dcr Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:22:01 +0000 http://www.socialpacks.com/2007/07/26/9-ways-to-stand-out-from-the-crowd-or-how-to-be-a-winner/#comment-28 Good points. The "listen" part of #8 is especially important. I've been to meetings and stuff before where there are people that "work the room." They go around and talk to everybody, but they don't listen. They behave like programmed robots. "How are you?" Wait for response. "That's great!" Walk away. Your response could have been "I won the lottery" or "My brother died" and their response will be "That's great!" In their defense, a lot of the other people they meet with are doing the very same thing. So, they can usually get away with it because no one is really listening to anyone else. Good points. The “listen” part of #8 is especially important. I’ve been to meetings and stuff before where there are people that “work the room.” They go around and talk to everybody, but they don’t listen. They behave like programmed robots. “How are you?” Wait for response. “That’s great!” Walk away. Your response could have been “I won the lottery” or “My brother died” and their response will be “That’s great!”

In their defense, a lot of the other people they meet with are doing the very same thing. So, they can usually get away with it because no one is really listening to anyone else.

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