A must-read for new members of society. Being courteous and "cheeky" is the basis of life [Kazuya Fukuda]

While the fourth wave of mutated corona infections is becoming a reality, new students and new employees will be born from April. One of the things they are most worried about is "how to communicate and build relationships." The worries should probably not change even after 10 or 20 years since joining the company. However, he continues to say that dialogue is the basis for building good relationships, and his literary criticism is shown in his current hot book, Kazuya Fukuda Collection 1: Reading Books, Living in Chaotic Times (KK Bestsellers). Mr. Kazuya Fukuda of the family. I've talked about the essence of dialogue so far, but this time I'm going to send new students and new employees the basics of "adult dialogue attitude".

■良い「生意気」と悪い「生意気」

新社会人必読。礼儀正しく「生意気」であることが世渡りの基本【福田和也】

 Being polite and sassy is a basic attitude and attitude that energetic young people should adopt.

 As I said before, being polite is not just a matter of greetings and language. Of course, those elements are important, and it is out of the question to get it wrong.

 However, we tend to overlook the essence of etiquette, which is more important than that. It may sound obvious that courtesy means being considerate of others. However, many people think too easily about "consideration". We confuse "consideration" with some sort of kindness or caring behavior (which is important, and can be difficult).

【次のページ】 「配慮」とは何よりも、相手の身になった発想をすることにほかならないので...

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