Become a Magnet and Attract others
What you'll learn
- Be held in high regards by others and appreciated for themselves
- Be welcomed by others in their homes, at work and in their closest socual circles
- be comfortable on all occasions knowing that they are acting socially correct and treating other people as they would like to be treated themselves based on the traditions on culture of the English
- Sit down to a meal knowing they are holding their cultery correctly. There is a difference between the American upturned fork, traditionally using fingers and the English way of using knife and fork.
- know how to act as a wedding guest and so enjoy the whole experience
Requirements
- Students need access to a computer and internet connection. This course is designed to be followed then tried in a practical way. No particular skills or education is required.
Description
You don’t have to be good looking. You don’t have to be articulate. You don’t have to have money.
This course will show you how to gain the attention of others through treating them as they would like to be treated. There is no magic formula, no hidden system that will make you well liked, put you in high regard, make others feel at ease when they are in your company.
Good manners is that essential quality that makes others take note. And customs, manners and etiquette differ from country to country. The way we treat others plays an important part in how we are perceived. This course will put you head and shoulders above others and earn you better service and more friends.
Today it is becoming increasingly necessary to learn English etiquette and good manners as global movement increases. This course is based on traditional values that have lead civilisation through several centuries, from the medieval days of sword carrying knights when shaking hands was a sure sign of meeting peacefully: swords were worn on the left hip and withdrawn with the right hand, by shaking hands using the right hand it was a sign of meeting in peace and putting trust in the other person (the fact that both might be hiding a knife in their left hand as a precaution was another matter!!).
We have all be subjected to rudeness at some time and are aware how this makes us feel not only about the situation but also about the other person whom we may feel is ignorant and selfish. This course will ensure that people do not feel this about you.
It is a fact that Schools for Etiquette are spring up across the world, all based on English traditions and students are drawn from all walks of live from students looking for international jobs, through to business people who need to work both in their own country or globally using internationally accepted etiquette and right up to princesses in India who want to know that they are entertaining correctly (heard on a recent BBC programme).
This course is a basic etiquette course that covers general situations but will give a really good grounding on how to behave in most situations. We shall be improving the course and adding new sections in an ongoing way and you will have life-long access and will be advised when changes and additions are made.
Mike Leahy was brought up in a time when etiquette was paramount. His family were frequent entertainers and often had stock-brokers, judges and clergymen to dinner. Their dinner parties were renowned and held in the large dining room with a roaring log fire in the winter.
This course will make others sit up and listen to you. Make others want you to be around. Make others have real respect for you.
Who this course is for:
- This course is suitable for everybody from any background and culture. It will show them how to act courteously in any situation so that others look up to them with high regard
- Lead the way through your way of treating others. With the come-back of more formal manners today in many circles this course is excellent for anyone from another culture where some customs and etiquette are different.
Course content
- Preview04:13
- 2 pagesHow to use this Course and Fully Benefit from it
- 2 pagesHandy Tips on Good Manners
Instructor
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- 4.2 Instructor Rating
- 27 Reviews
- 3,456 Students
- 5 Courses
With over 40 years experience at the University of Life, Mike has a wide range of people skills and has been cinema manager, Salesman, Manager and National Sales Manager for small and Blue Chip Companies. He has had several businesses over the last 25 years and has been a sales trainer, run motivational and self-esteem, marketing, health & safety and disability access courses across the UK.
He is currently makes short and documentary movies, and narrates audio-books on AMamon, and carries out health and safety and disability training and consultation. Recently he was successfully running courses for unemployed people and English as a second language for students wishing to raise their language level to gain admission at UK universities. He believes that the majority of people want to improve their lives and lifetime learning is the opportunity to either learn a new skill or teach something that you are passionate about.
He is a film-maker and has presented his own on-line weekly radio show. He is interested in gardening, painting and writing and said "The internet has brought such huge opportunities to anyone who wants to start their own business, promote a cause or engage with others across the world with the same passions, interests and questions. It is becoming easier by the day to create your own space and success here."
He claims to be the original Gemini Man with a wide range of interests. See his full bio on LinkedIn.