Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan I was going to buy a copy of this book but I couldn't face the sales assistant. I toyed with the idea of buying on Amazon but if it's too big for the letterbox I would have to face the postman. :>) Graham http://geebeephoto.com/ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 07 February 2002 06:18 Subject: Re: [Leica] interacting with strangers -- a very important element of photography > Just wanted to send a belated thanks to Kyle for recommending this book. I > bought it from Amazon and find its recommendations extremely useful. As Kyle > writes, its primarily aim is business, but since I was laid off in December and > am currently looking around, the schmoozing techniques contained in this book > are very useful to me right now from both points of view. > > Highly recommended. > > Nathan > > kyle cassidy wrote: > > > i recommend reading "the vault guide to schmoozing" -- which is about $14 > > from amazon. it's basically a book about how to strike up conversations with > > strangers, largely written for business people, but it all carries over into > > photography. one great suggestion it gives is to always have a followup > > question. you start with "do you come here often" they say "yes" and unless > > you're prepared, the conversation dies there. so you ask "i've never heard > > of any of these beers before, do you know anything about them?" and your > > off. > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html