The shadow of Courteous
Rude → Courteous
One discourtesy closes a door that ten competencies were queued behind.
Left of the triangle · Rude
One discourtesy closes a door that ten competencies were queued behind.
The Anti-Law of Coldness — Correct, and unwelcoming.
Right of the triangle · Courteous
The soft peach beryl of the great houses — court manner spent on ordinary people.
I spend the manner of a great house on ordinary people.
How to move over
- 1Name it without shame: today you were standing on rude.
- 2Say the law once — The Law of Patronage — and bow to it. That bow is obeisance.
- 3Do one small thing only courteous would do, inside the next hour.
- 4Put on the robe: carry Morganite for the rest of the day as the sign you switched sides.
The switch of the whole day
- — Be warm first, capable second — both are true.
- — Give one person your courtesy in a way they will remember.
- — Let someone patronise your work by asking them to.