An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Anonymity
A couple of years ago, I introduced myself to an insurance salesman at a Chamber of Commerce networking function. An honest mistake… After being educated for 9 and a half agonizing minutes about the benefits of whole life insurance versus term, I made my getaway, mumbling something about grabbing a coffee. It later occurred to me that there must be other entrepreneurs out there who aren’t sure exactly what to do at business networking functions. “There ought’a be a manual!”, I thought. Now, there is…
The Twelve Steps to becoming an Anonymous Entrepreneur
1. Wear grey! If grey is not available, curtain beige or sofa brown plaid will do.
2. Tell them that your business “specializes in promoting facilitation of soft skills development and incorporation of logistical solution systems in a pro-active communications environment…”
3. Make sure they get the full 60 second shpiel. If they interrupt you, start again at the beginning. You’ve crafted your infomercial, don’t let them throw you off by asking questions.
4. Tell them that you have 25 years experience doing what you said in point #2 above, and repeat it, just in case they didn’t get it all the first time.
5. Tell them you also do HR outsourcing on the side.
6. Don’t ask about them. They’re interested in you! Well, they asked, didn’t they? This is your chance to impress!
7. Hand them a two to three page photocopied pamphlet about your business in case they want to go straight home and read more about your “facilitation of soft skills development and incorporation of logistical solutions in a proactive communications environment,” and give them a couple of extra pamphlets in case they want to give some to their friends and neighbors.
8. Don’t tell them about the time you went skydiving in the Himalayas to rescue baby llamas or that you got a Line Dancing scholarship to the University of Texas because this is business. They are much more interested in hearing about ALL the features and benefits of your doodad.
9. Avoid talking to anyone who does what you do. No sense wasting time on the competition. What if they try to copy some of your techniques or worse, hit on some of your prospective customers? Hopefully they’ll never show up again anyway. Giving them the squinty eye will seal the deal.
10. Make sure your cell phone is on a string around your neck so you don’t miss any important calls and, besides, you want to show these guys you are a busy professional. Juggling a few clipboards and briefcases helps as well.
11. Avoid smiling, business is serious, and make sure your suit looks exactly like everyone else’s.
12. Did I mention that you should wear grey or sofa beige (a slightly different shade than curtain beige). Some points can’t be stressed enough!!
I could go on and on but I was only paid for 12 tips . . . Happy Networking!
TSUFIT
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Why do some people bore me regardless of context?
No matter what the activity, conversation or context I find some people painfully boring. Why is this?
You have a low idiot threashold.
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Whenever I feel that way, I usually chalk it up to either that I have nothing in common with them to begin with, or that I just don’t feel a connection to them. Some people, you just don’t "get".
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Because you realise life is too short and have come across various timewasting losers who have given you very little tolerance.
This is a good thing. Just make sure you capitalise on your spare time.
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I get the same – you have not made a connection on any level with that person….
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Because they’re a reflection of you possibly?
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Obviously, some people are not as charismatic as others thus, they come across as "boring".
It seems just as obvious that you are of little patience and have trouble letting a boring person say his piece without it bothering you. One can be as irritating as the other.
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LOVE the picture. Some people are just dull. They speak in monotone. They have no inflection. They have no excitement or animation. DULL, DULL, DULL. They could be talking about an escape from prison with dogs on their trails, wearing shackles, of course being wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of their spouse and they need to find the one armed man – and you could yawn.
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Some people are just not compatible with your personality and it isn’t your fault or their fault, you are two people who aren’t compatible.
I can talk about this tv show (Ugly Betty) to one friend, for ages and ages and the coversation will just keep flowing and merging into different topics. But another girl watches Ugly betty too but when I try to be nice and talk to her about the show, the coversation is forced and doesn’t flow. There are often long pauses in between our contribution to the ‘conversation’ and like most normal conversations, the topic doesn’t gradually change, it either sticks on the same topic which gets boring or skips rapidly from one topic to the other. This to me is such a boring conversation and I understand why you get bored in such situations.
They can be very frustrating people and to be quite honest, you should try and pretend to want to carry on the conversation because, lets face it, your friends should not bore you, and if this person does bore you, there is no she they can be your friend.
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Everybody’s different. And trust me, I can think of a few (like Ben Stein in the world of celebrities.). Maybe you’re just a psychologically exciting person who gets bored quite easily. Well, there isn’t much you can do about it. But you can inform the person that they should work on their communication skills, so long as you’re not afraid to hurt their feelings. Remember: listen to advice when it’s given, and you might just learn something about yourself. (by the way, I just thought of another: that guy from office space (c’mon, ya gotta like that movie!). But the reason why is as unique as the person.
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I suppose because we don’t get along with everyone and we tend to "label" people really easily. If we like them and / or we have a lot of things in common with them, they’re great; if we don’t (or the other way around), they’re either boring or stupid. It all depends on your perspective.
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My own experience living and trying to figure out my own and other people’s actions.
It,s just that some people are boring and others not, this has always been the case
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Because they really want you attention, and don’t realize that they are bothering you.
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Yaaawwwn……
Oh, sorry…. were you saying something?
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Probably just lack of chemistry. Although I’d be rather worried if I found many people boring and would start to look at myself.
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Have you thought that they may be boring because you also bore them too?
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Personalities clash.
It’s natural, since inevitably you won’t like everybody.
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We reap as we sow.
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Because you have a small brain and not willing to listen.
Rather like George Bush
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because you think differently then they do
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you bore me
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Ah! ive been thinking of you.
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