讓別人對你“過目不忘”

自我介紹大家一定不陌生。上學時第一堂課要做自我介紹，工作面試要做自我介紹，開會時要做自我介紹，聯繫業務時要做自我介紹……但你是否注意過，從每個人那裏聽到自我介紹感覺都差不多呢？我們又該如何做個讓人印象深刻的自我介紹？
　　Haveyoueverbeentoabusinessmeetinginwhichallinattendancehadtostandandintroducethemselvesandyouheardbasicallythesamethingfromeachandeveryindividual?
　　ethenamesandthebusinesseswillbedifferent,everyonesoundslikeeveryoneelse;and,bysoundinglikeeveryoneelse,wedon’tactuallyrememberanyoneelse.
　　Theproblemisthatinmakingstatementsaboutourselves,weendupsoundinglikeweareaskingquestionsbecausethepitchofourvoicerisesattheendofeachsentence.
　　Inreality,youarenotaskingaquestion–youareinformingyouraudiencethatyouaremostuncomfortableandthatyoudonotknowhowtointroduceyourselfproperly.
　　Tostandoutfromthecrowd,whynotpracticeyourpersonalintrobeforegivingit?Whileonmywaytoabusinessmeeting,oftenIwillopenmyintrowithaquestionandthenproceedtoexplainwhoIamandwhatIdo.
　　Ifyourvoicegoesupattheendofeachsentence,’swhatyouhearasyougoaroundtheroomandlistentoeveryonespeakinginsing-song.
　　ThereisaveryinterestingsceneinStephenKing’smovieTheLangoliers(海市蜃樓)’sremarkableaboutthissceneisthatinsayingwhotheyare,omline?Theysoundnatural.
　　ManyofthepeoplewithwhomIworkhavedifficultychangingfromthesing-songstyletoonemoreakintoconversational;therefore,Irecordthemandplayitbacksothattheycanhearwhatishappening.
　　ThenIhavethemshakemyhand(justasifweweremeetingonaone-to-one)andintroducethemselvestomegoingthroughtheirintroductorystatements.
　　ticeyourpersonalintrobymakingstatementsaboutyourselfinaconversationaltone.
　　peningyourintrowithwordsotherthan,Hello,mynameis.
　　yourtimewhenyougiveyourintroductionandspeakdistinctly.(Iftheydon’tcatchyourname,theydefinitelywon’trememberyou.)
　　Nexttimeyouareatthatnetworkingmeeting,businesslunchorchamberevent,whynotstandoutfromthecrowdwhenyouintroduceyourself?Youwilldefinitelybeworthremembering!