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“The only people I ever get irritated with are the ones who announce, using my Twitter handle, that they are no longer following me and why.”
Neil Gaiman
Social Media
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Annoyance
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Communication
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Etiquette
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Humor
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“There are three cardinal rules – don't take somebody else's boyfriend unless you've been specifically invited to do so, don't take a drink without being asked, and keep a scrupulous accounting in financial matters.”
W.H. Auden
Etiquette
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Relationships
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Alcohol
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Finance
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Social Rules
3.
“Every gentleman plays billiards, but someone who plays billiards too well, is no gentleman.”
Thomas Jefferson
Gentleman
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Etiquette
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Competition
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Balance
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Social Norms
4.
“In Japan, I learned the hard way that the moment of exchanging business cards signals an important ritual. We Americans are prone to casually pocketing the card without looking, which there indicates disrespect. I was told you should take the card carefully, hold it in both hands, and study it for a while before putting it away in a special case.”
Daniel Goleman
Business Etiquette
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Cultural Respect
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Card Ritual
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Etiquette
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Respect
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Culture
5.
“I tend to think shorts are too casual. That’s just not businesslike.”
Dale Carnegie
Professional Appearance
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Business Etiquette
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Dress Code
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Professionalism
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Etiquette
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Appearance
6.
“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be well-mannered.”
Voltaire
Success Stupidity
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Manners World
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Irony
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Critique
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Etiquette
7.
“You know, the kind who know Jesus by His first name, but out of politeness never use it even to His face.”
Toni Morrison
Religious Hypocrisy
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Social Etiquette
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Spiritual Distance
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Hypocrisy
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Etiquette
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Distance
8.
“The hat is not for the street: it will never be democratized. But there are certain houses that one cannot enter without a hat. And one must always wear a hat when lunching with people whom one does not know well. One appears to one’s best advantage.”
Coco Chanel
Fashion Etiquette
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Hat Fashion
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Social Norms
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Fashion
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Etiquette
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Social
9.
“Ready-made phrases and the ritual of etiquette were unknown to him; his thoughtfulness was pure improvisation, and it resembled the little inventions affection inspires.”
Simone de Beauvoir
Pure Improvisation
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Thoughtful Rituals
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Etiquette
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Improvisation
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Thoughtfulness
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Rituals
10.
“Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.”
Jane Austen
Composed Feelings
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Emotional Control
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Social Conduct
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Behavior
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Etiquette
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Respect
11.
“It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.”
Ayn Rand
Unsolicited Opinions
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Social Etiquette
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Thoughtful Communication
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Communication
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Etiquette
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Discretion
12.
“As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.”
Zig Ziglar
Values
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Success
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Childhood
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Life
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Etiquette
13.
“The privileges of the side-table included the small prerogatives of sitting next to the toast, and taking two cups of tea to other people’s one.”
Charles Dickens
Privilege
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Social Hierarchy
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Manners
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Tea
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Etiquette
14.
“Mind your P’s and Q’s.”
J. R. R. Tolkien
Manners
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Etiquette
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Behavior
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Respect
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Advice
15.
“Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.”
Mark Twain
Etiquette
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Humility
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Society
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Reflection
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Behavior
16.
“One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.”
Winston Churchill
Socializing
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Parties
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Fun
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Etiquette
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Humor
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Bob Proctor
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Susan Cain
Michael Hyatt
Mark Cuban
Les Brown
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Mahatma Gandhi
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