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How to Become a People Person – Part 2

By Reg Scheepers

The brother and cousin twice removed of this blog post is How to Become a People Person – Part 1 and How to Use Questions to Change Your Life.

Only within the last two years of my life have I made any effort to become a people person, but not long ago something happened that made me declare war on my lack of people skills. And as you may have guessed, it involves a woman.

I was playing taxi for Brothers in Beat’s African branch of corporate entertainment, called Authentic African Experience. Emperor’s Palace hired two drummers to lead a parade for the opening of the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010.

At this parade a woman caught my attention. She was leaving, and what a coincidence, so was I. I noticed she was calling someone, and I assumed someone would pick her up within moments, so I only had a minute or two to make my move. Read more »