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Chapter 31 give someone a good name

Giving someone a good reputation, even if the name is not worthy of the name at the time, will let him act according to this reputation. What do you do if a great worker suddenly turns out to be really bad?Let him go?This obviously doesn't solve the problem; reprimand him?would arouse his resentment. Henry Hanke, the manager of a truck dealership in Lowe, Indiana, had an employee whose job was going from bad to worse.But Henry Hanke didn't reprimand him, but called him into the office and had a sincere talk with him. He said: "Bill, your professional skills are very good. You have been doing this job here for several years. The customers are very satisfied with your work, and many people have praised you. But recently, your work efficiency and The quality has dropped from what it used to be, how great you were before! I think you must know that I like you the way you are, and maybe we can figure out a way together to fix this."

Bill replied that he didn't realize he wasn't doing enough, and assured him that he could and would do the jobs right now. Did he do what he said?Yes.He has this ability, coupled with Mr. Han Ke's praise and encouragement, he will only do better. Samuel Walkley, chairman of Bodin Railway Works, said: "If you respect a person, he will be easily guided, especially if you admire him for a certain ability." In other words, if you want to change a certain aspect of a person, you must first express your approval of his quality in this aspect.Shakespeare said, "If you lack a virtue, pretend you have it." Even better, show your partner that he has the virtue you want him to have, and send him a nice hat Let him wear the hat, and he will try to do what you want him to do.

In her "My Life with Maid Holling", Guauget Boblan described the great changes of an ordinary girl in Belgium. She wrote in the book: "The waitress from the restaurant next door brought me food. She was nicknamed 'Mash the Dish' because her job was to wash dishes when she first started. She was very ugly. His eyes are slanted, his feet are splayed, and he always looks stupid. "When she brought me macaroni one time, I said to her, 'Marcie, you don't know the brilliance you have inside.' "She was numb, as if she was in some danger, and she stood there in a daze before she put the plate of macaroni on the table and said with a sigh of innocence: 'I will never believe that I have.' She did not repeat it. Asked me what, just kept repeating my words and went back, and she believed that I was not joking with her, and she had no doubts at all. From that day on, she was gradually valued by people, because a lot happened to Marci Changes, she believed that she did have some inner brilliance, she began to pay attention to her image, she showed the brilliance of a girl.

"Two months later, she announced that she was going to marry the chef's nephew. She said: 'I want to be a lady.' And came to thank me. Just such an encouragement changed her fate." Googite Bob Brown gave "Maxi the Dishwasher" a "beautiful hat", and this "beautiful hat" changed her. Bill Pike, a salesman for a food company in Tetuna Shores, Florida, was excited about a new line of products the company had launched.But at this time, a bad thing happened. Their products were canceled by the manager of the store at the display counter of a large food store, and Bill was very depressed.After thinking about it for a day, he went to the mall again in the afternoon.

He said to the manager of the store: "Jack, I think I haven't let you know about our latest collection, and if it's convenient for you, I'd be happy to introduce you to my oversight. To your always willing and all I really admire the character of talking to people and being very tolerant. Also, I also know that you always adjust your decisions according to the actual situation." Faced with the good reputation he sent, Jack certainly would not refuse to talk to him again, and finally agreed to his request. Martin is a dentist in Dublin.One of his patients told him one morning that the mouthwash cup tray he was giving her was unhygienic.He was surprised to find that the tray was rusty. Although the patient used a cup instead of a tray, it affected his professional image after all.

So, as soon as the patients were gone, he closed his practice and wrote a letter to Brigitte, an hourly woman he hired who came in twice a week to do some cleaning.The letter reads as follows: Dear Brigitte: I haven't seen much recently, thank you for taking the time to do some cleaning for me.You are doing a fantastic job.By the way, two hours a week is not much time, if you are convenient, please feel free to come and help me for half an hour, do something you think you need to do, like cleaning the mouthwash cup tray.And I will pay you according to your working hours. I will be very grateful.

When he came to the clinic the next day, he found that the desks and chairs in the office were so clean that they looked like mirrors.The equipment in the treatment room is also unbelievably clean.And all because he gave her a nice compliment for doing the job so beautifully, as hard as she could, without using up extra time. Mrs. Ruth Hopkins is a teacher in Brooklyn, New York, who teaches fourth grade.On the first day of school, when she looked at the list of students in the class she taught, she saw the name of Tom, the most famous "bad guy" in the school, which made her a little embarrassed.When he was in third grade, his old teacher kept complaining to the principal and colleagues that Tom was always fighting with boys, flirting with girls, disrespecting teachers, making trouble in class, and getting more and more violent.But he is really smart, so his academic performance has always been very good.

Mrs. Hopkins was determined to deal with Tom's problems.The first time she met her students in her class, she said something like this to them during roll call: "Rose, your dress is beautiful. Alicia, I hear you are good at drawing." When she clicked When she came to Tom, she looked at Tom and said, "Tom, I know you have leadership talent. This school year, I hope you can lead our class and become the best class in the whole year." Since then, she often praised Tom and emphasized his leadership. Leadership qualities, saying his behavior showed he was a good student.With these compliments, Tom's performance got better and better, and he did exactly what she said.

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