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SP,

Thanks for sharing your observation. I agree that the ability to understand and meet other people's needs is a wonderful skill for most people oriented professions. I actually find that to be something that can be learnt.

What really amazes me is the ability of some people to project empathy and immediately put people at ease. It's always amazing watching these people work a room. And really wish I had that or could learn that, but it's probably a born skill.

I guess the other thing to remember is to resist being a shark, even though it is more effective upfront. That's actually a very tough thing to do, esp. when a person is relatively young and inexperienced. I know a couple engineering types who went into sales late in life and did pretty well. They're just able to project competence (since they were competent) and comparative integrity, and their customers really love them for it.

SP and SQT,

Fabulous odes to K.Harris's ugliness!

I agree. Katherine Harris level ugliness takes effort. People just can't be born that ugly, they need money and hard work to get it, gosh darn it!

"Well, my comments were referring to ugliness in a quasi-abstract sense - putting a name to it makes it uncomfortably personal…"

Sorry. And here I was, plotting to get a picture of Mr. Britney Spear onto Peter P's new thread, just so I can hear your ode to skeeve. :)

I think I'll take K.Fed off. Shrinking K.Harris's image really reduces her scariness.

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