Life Lessons

Week 5- Smile

This principal was probably the easiest of the five so far, but it was by far the one that I most disliked. I don’t like faking smiles, they look fake, creepy, and I think my face looks strange when I do. When my mom and sister would do their grins, it didn’t have any affect on me except that it was…

Smiles and Names—Find the Creepy Line and Don’t Cross It

We’re moving into the goofiest of all of Carnegie’s principles this week: “Remember that a person’s name is, to that person, the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”

Week Five : Smile

You would think this week would be very easy just to smile. And you are right! All you have to do is just smile. But instead of people being nicer to me I got a lot of criticism. People in my class were saying stuff like “Stop smiling its weird” and “You look creepy” so I said “I am just smiling…

Is this a conversation either party enjoys?

Here’s an example (and exaggerated) conversation between me and a (fictional) coworker.

Me: Hey! Happy new year! How was your break?