The topic of the day was

“Storytelling”;

how we prepare to share our own story on a job resume, during a job interview, or at a networking event like BIF.  Our ability to tell our story creates

opportunities

for fulfilling relationships, exciting jobs, careers, and internships which can lead to lifetime success.  The

flip side of telling a story is listening

to someone’s story, respectfully and artfully.  Listening is arguably more important than speaking.

Today’s class was

a dry run or, practice,

as we prepare everyone to welcome, speak with, ask questions of and listen to the many guests who will visit our class this year in the Life Skills class.  Next week’s class is Opening Day with a mystery guest from New York city.

After today’s practice, everyone understands and appreciates the importance and benefits of our class protocols.

Each class features a host who greets, welcomes and introduces the day’s guest to the rest of the Life Skills class. Today, David Narvaez acts as our host to greet, welcome and then introduce, me, to his classmates. Well done, David!

After the host’s introduction, each student individually welcomes our guest to the Life Skills class.  The photo above shows Jason Sebastiao with a perfect greeting –  eye contact, firm handshake and a welcoming greeting, “nice to meet you Mr Cronin!“

The photo above shows what follows the greeting – our guest, otherwise known as me today, answers student questions about career, mistakes and failures and lessons learned, and insights into the decisions made in between. I was impressed by the quality of today’s questions. Looking forward to next week’s real guest.