Having written How To Work a Room ® and giving presentations on the topic for forty years, I “hear” lines that relate. Add to that, I’m an unrepentant multi-tasker and watch TV while I read a paper, work out, work on a project, write a blog or do my nails or iron.
Yes, I confess…I still iron. Not often or well but ironing allows my brain to wander and be creative.
No surprise that material appeared while I was doing bench presses and watching The Connors. I heard a brilliant line that I feel reflects my “line of work”.
“She has a face that pulls the sun out of the sky”. Just picture that. It’s like Austin Powers’ Frau Farbissina; the sourpuss.
It got me to thinking about a phrase I’ve heard and said that describes some people who know how to work a room: They LIGHT UP a room. Others, Shine a light on others in a room and others are the snuffer of the light in a room.
Two questions:
1.Who would you rather be around? 2. Which one are you?
A source of light who brightens a room?
A shiner of light who focuses on others?
Or
An extinguisher of light who darkens a room?
The choice is up to you!
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