Recently, I was preparing a client about to testify at a hearing. The client happened to have been a very recent college graduate. We were discussing our hard and true basic principles of testifying:
- Proper attire;
- Punctuality;
- Good posture;
- Be very respectful to everyone in the room;
- Look the person asking the question right in the eyes;
- Be concise and direct in any response;
- Pause, three full seconds, before answering any question;
- Answer the question that is asked, not the one you want to answer; and
- Of course, be prepared!
This person then stated that those were almost verbatim the same principles that this person’s father had proposed as it relates to how to conduct yourself in a job interview.
It is amazing how certain basic principles transcend so much of our lives.
1 comment
David Rubinstein says:
February 3, 2011 at 2:34 am (UTC -5)
Time honored values last for a reason. There is a reason why the successful coaches consistently stress fundamentals.
and as my Dad taught me “you don’t get old, you just get older”.