Manners Matter - Words of Wisdom by Jessica of Indie Icing

Today's post hearkens back to a topic that I've been harping on over and over again: that of etiquette in your business. (Check out:Some thoughts on Business Success and The Gratitude Attitude for some of that soapbox goodness.) How do you become someone that other people want to do business with? Jessica, of Indie Icing, and Jennifer Squires, of Jennifer Squires Productions, and I have recently been conversing about online manners via Twitter. Jessica recently posted "Manners Matter" on her blog. Thought I would share her words of wisdom with you:

For the past few weeks, I've been thinking about manners a lot. Some of it has to do with the fact that I have two little kids who've been practicing their pleases and thank yous and you're welcomes. Some of it, however, has to do with the fact that I've noticed an increase in bad manners in my dealings with people lately -- online and in-person.

Now, I'm not saying I'm little miss manners and am perfect all the time. I'm not. And I don't expect everyone else to be perfect either. However, I think many of us have forgotten what it is to be thankful, appreciative and respectful. We've forgotten the value of relating to people as people and not just as the next person I can make a quick buck off of, or the next person who can help me out.

We forget to say please and thank you. We forget to say you're welcome. Instead, our manners have been replaced by a "me mentality."

This me mentality tells us we deserve everything good that comes our way. Whether we work hard for it or not; whether we're respectful of others or not. We deserve riches, fame and popularity. We have a right to whatever we want and we can treat people however we want because "I am me." Gotta look out for number 1, right?

These bad manners manifest themselves in all sorts of ugly ways...

Read the rest of the original article on Indie Icing:

http://www.indieicing.com/blog/2010/3/13/seen-heard-manners-matter.html