I recently discovered a book called Charming Your Way to the Top by Michael Levine. As you can guess from the title it’s about how charm can help you achieve success in business (and in life.)
I came across a great example from my own experience today that I thought was worth sharing and it would totally fit within the pages of this book.
Levine discusses to nice and courteous, and how to be memorable. In such a busy world where we zoom from here to there, often passing by the same people each day, it’s easy to lapse into a mode where we don’t speak, we don’t respond, we don’t acknowledge, we don’t smile.
Charm is the act of showing people you care.
And it can be a great boost to your business and overall success.
My example from today is about a restaurant that my husband had mentioned a few times. We went there for lunch but I didn’t really enjoy my food, it just wasn’t prepared the way I like. But the waitresses were nice enough and my husband was thrilled at the prospect of leftovers.
I may or may not have gone back. Surely there were other things to try on the menu.
But, the man behind the counter was SO nice. “Hey kids. What’s new? What’s happening?” he asked. He smiled.
He was charming.
At that point, it didn’t matter that I didn’t enjoy the food, I was ready to give the place another chance.
Score for the restaurant, and you know what… it didn’t cost them a dime for him to be so nice!
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