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    Good Manners Often Make Bad People
    Good Manners Often Make Bad People
    Good Manners Often Make Bad People
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    Good Manners Often Make Bad People

    By Susan Diane Matz

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    We’ve become a world more concerned with how we appear than what kind of person we are. Being polite, politically correct and achieving status has replaced being real. And sadly people no longer seem to care how fake a person is being, as long as they are nice.

    This is a tough time, with a lot of serious problems coming to the forefront. A polite smile and perfect manners are not what’s going to get us past serious economic, social and humanitarian realities. Good manners are often used as something to hide behind in order to avoid confronting the hard things in life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSusan Diane Matz
    Release dateJul 15, 2014
    ISBN9781311209085
    Good Manners Often Make Bad People
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    Susan Diane Matz

    An innovative author and teacher, Susan Diane Matz helps people look at themselves, the world and the process of life from a different angle. She ran a school for change and is a captivating speaker. She has written over twenty books.

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      Book preview

      Good Manners Often Make Bad People - Susan Diane Matz

      GOOD MANNERS

      OFTEN MAKE BAD PEOPLE

      A Guide to Dropping the Act

      Susan Diane Matz

      Good Manners Often Make Bad People

      Published by Susan Diane Matz at Smashwords

      Copyright 2014 Susan Diane Matz

      Abriev Enterprises

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Back Cover

      Appearances are everything! You only have one chance to make a good first impression.

      "Be polite. Good manners will take you far in this world."

      We’ve become a world more concerned with how we appear than what kind of person we are. Being polite, politically correct and achieving status has replaced being real. And sadly people no longer seem to care how fake a person is being, as long as they are nice.

      This is a tough time, with a lot of serious problems coming to the forefront. A polite smile and perfect manners are not what’s going to get us past serious economic, social and humanitarian realities. Good manners are often used as something to hide behind in order to avoid confronting the hard things in life.

      Being real is more important

      …than being nice.

      Contents

      Preface

      Finding What’s Fake

      Harsh Can Be Hard

      Manners, Etiquette…Respect

      Prejudice

      Speaking Directly

      Copying

      Rudeness

      Why it’s a Problem

      Thoughtfully Spoken

      Susan Diane Matz

      Also Available by Susan Diane Matz

      Preface

      Most people are raised to be false, even praised for it. This can seem startling, but it’s true. We’re trained from childhood to say and do things that aren’t genuine. We are trained to develop a façade that we grow up to present to the world.

      Every society has their own set of rules that we call manners. Children are raised to follow these in some way, which starts a life-long pattern of politely false behavior. For example, we teach children to say, I’m sorry, after they grabbed a toy out of another child’s hands and are forced to return it,

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