10 Thoughts on Good Manners (You Wish You Heard About 10 Years Ago)
#2: “Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.”
1. Good manners are your beauty.
Look beautiful every day. You can, you should.
2. Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. Forget your Ph.D. In the grand scheme of things, your big degree doesn’t matter if your manners suck.
3. Bad manners close open doors.
The choice is yours. By the way, stop asking, “why me” whenever your bad manners bring you bad results. Start being honest with yourself.
4. Manners cost nothing but bring everything your way.
Actually, in all honesty, good manners take work. It requires sacrifice. Make the sacrifice. It’s worth it.
5. One of the greatest victories you can have over anyone is to beat them at good manners. If you have to compete at anything at all, compete in International Manners Championship (if there’s such a thing).
6. Dressing well is a form of good manners.
And the great thing about dressing well is that you don’t have to break the bank to do it. It’s all about how responsible you look. From my own experience, stuff from “bend-down select” do this even better. I am serious!
7. Good manners will take you where money can’t go.
If all you have is money, you are the poorest man on earth. Maybe you should try and buy some manners for yourself.
8. The best way to preach to others is through your good manners.
Always remember that your manners speak so loudly that people usually don’t hear what you say. Wanna say something? Let your manners speak for you.
9. Good manners have become so rare that some people mistake them for flirtation. Yeah, I get that. Some even think that by being too nice and polite, you have a bad agenda. None of that should deter you from being who you are. Flaunt your manners, and let them cry if they want. In short, pepper them with good manners.
10. The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones.
I can’t pretend that this is easy, but hey, good manners are never easy.
I will end by paraphrasing Mitchell Obama’s famous words: “when the world goes low, go high.” Nobody is your mate. You are a special born. You are born with manners. Flaunt them.
