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Two other pieces of advice: 1) For the love of God, introductions are not about you--its about them. You'll get your chance to tell your story if you first ma
by physcab 17y ago
Two other pieces of advice:
1) For the love of God, introductions are not about you--its about them. You'll get your chance to tell your story if you first make their needs a priority.
2) Always introduce yourself to the person sitting next to you on a plane. You might be surprised by what you learn from them over the course of a 3 hour flight.
- nirmal 17y agoNumber 2 got me moved from a center seat into a bulkhead position with twice the leg room on a 9hr flight from Germany. Do it.
- philfreo 17y agoSo true, especially #1. I'd highly recommend the book "How to Win Friends & Influence People", where this (and other) ideas are discussed.
- tobych 17y agoMost memorable flight neighbor: "I'm a professional project manager. I get paid to worry." Now, obvious. But then, not.
- notauser 17y agoIf that was on a CO flight to EWR that may have been me! (If I ever need a job I'm buying a round trip ticket with a 12 hour layover at IAH. Ruby's bar is like one rolling job interview for the extroverted who likes to travel.)
- tomjen2 17y agoCounterpoint to 2: I hate when mostly boring people start talking to me public transportation, especially planes. I am usually pissed and stressed out by the lousy service so just leave me alone.
- Andys 17y agoIf the point about Body Language is also taken into consideration then this shouldn't be a problem.
- dagw 17y agoYea, I got quite a nice job offer while on a flight once by following point 2. I've also met a bunch of interesting people and had some fascinating discussions. The corollary to that point is that you have to be able to quickly gauge the level interest of the person sitting next to you. Introduce yourself, then wait and see how the person responds, if he show no interest in talking to you, then don't pester them.