Learning Outside the Classroom Can One Really be Popular by Being Honest?

I got my first summer job at the swimming pool, giving away samples of a new chlorine-repellent shampoo to the visitors, who mostly were young and enthusiastic - but fussy and critical when the talk came to money matters.

Going home thirsty and exhausted, I felt thankful to find a bottle of berry juice to drink while resting on the couch. That was where I found Van Fleet's "Conversational Power: The Key to Success With People" that my father's colleague left on the cushions.

Here is the interesting part. Van Fleet (1973) said, "Perfection increase the tense of the conversation;...

In fact, I enjoyed saying "I don't know" anytime it is necessary, despite the fact that we need to avoid that during classroom presentation, or advertising talk for example, unless one wants to lose sales. Did I? Well, of course not. However, my friend at work made three times as much as I did. I thought he might spoke better than I did, counting any phony details about how the shampoo get rid of chlorine as well as dandruff, plus…