LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF.

We are here presenting a set of questions concerning some situations that you may often face in your everyday life. For all questions we offer you the answers, but we don’t claim that the answers are absolutely right. The object is for each of you to learn about yourself, your attitudes and your motives.

Questions :

1. If you’re being introduced to somebody and you don’t catch the name clearly, should you ask for the name to be repeated?
2. When you meet strangers, should you try to look as charming and nice as possible?
3. When somebody expresses an opinions which is contrary to your basic principles, should you always defend them?
4. When you hear mistakes of fact in the casual conversations of you companion, should you try to correct them?
5. Should you help your friends because there may be a time when you need help from them?
6. Should you feel free to talk to your companions about your own interest or hobbies, even though they are not a bit interested in them?
7. To get along, even with strangers, do you need a collection of funny anecdotes to amuse them?
8. Should yo do whatever your friends ask for you, just to show them that you are a good friends of theirs?


Answers.:

1. Yes, this shows an interest in the persons, and it makes him feel important if you pay serious attention to his name.
2. No, the best policy is to be yourself, and not to pretend to be what you’re not.
3. Yes, Some people may disagree with this, but surendering to other people’s opinions on basic principles will not win your respect. As long as the defence is made in a reasonable and friendly way, no reasonable and friendly way, no reasonable person would think badly to you.
4. No, A man who is constanly pointing out other people’s mistakes is not an interesting person to have a talk with.
5. No, Everybody should certainly help his friends, but help should be given sincerely without any hidden purpose and not because a person may one day need help in return.
6. No. A little talk about them is fair enough, but you should not insist that other people take a great interest in what doest not interest them
7. Not necesssarily, A few stories may help, but if you repeat the same stories to someone who may have heard them before, your anecdotes will not be funny any more and you may even be regardes as abad joker who bores his listeners.
8. No. A real friend is laways willing to express his own views sincerely to his companion and to reject his demands when it is necessary for his own good. A difference in opinion often even enriches a genuine friendship.

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