Can Good Manners be considered as a social skill to help us to face the world head on?

Definitely, the answer is YES. I could watch this during my trainee in the United Kingdom. As time progressed, I watched how timid and blushing English people became different persons exuding more confidence and self-assurance in themselves. At the end of the course, honestly I was not able to recognize them. Truly, they were different people now facing the world head on...

What was the reason of all above mentioned? Certainly, it was not the way people were dressed nor the brand of the car or the helicopter they took to leave the English mansion situated in Somerset where the course took place. It was something that went beyond material possessions. What was then?

It's was really a matter of having learned Good Manners there, now considered as social skills in the whole United Kingdom. It was the way they learned to behave, to sit down, the way they acted presenting themselves at a job interview or a meeting, the way they walked and entered into a room full of people, the way in which they acted as host of an event so that the guests will want to come back, and why not it was also the way in which they could act at a dinner table with great style and flair. In certain way, after having learned these social skills one exudes more confidence and self-assurance when acting.   Good Manners, Etiquette or Politeness is about building strong relationships with people by introducing ourselves with the kind of polish that shows we can be taken seriously.

It is also about feeling comfortable around someone and vice versa and when this happens, a better communication and mutual trust will develop.

We should be aware that people may feel that if we cannot be trusted not to embarrass ourselves in business or social situations, we may lack the self control necessary to be good at what we do. Our manners and attitude will speak volumes about us.

We should assume that many potentially worthwhile and profitable business have been failed because of an unintentional and serious breach of Good Manners between the people involved.