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Better English 33
Timely Communications Tips
August 27, 2009
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A LESSON FROM JFK JR
-- JFK JR ON THE CASE

With the death of Senator Ted Kennedy, I thought back to some of the times I shared with his nephew when John F. Kennedy Jr. was a student at Brown. One incident has a valuable tip I'm passing on.


JFK JR ON THE CASE
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I entered the Brown Jug that Sunday with my teenage son and daugther. It was a great place to get some of the best fried eggs, hash brown potatoes and hot coffee for breakfast.

The Brown Jug was a popular eating place for both students and faculty for those reasons. But the decor was another feature: big old dark brown round oak tables with those beautiful veins. And the Sunday "New York Times" was scattered on all of them.

You put in your order at the side counter, picked up your dish, and then searched for a table.

That's where Bonnie, Brian and I were in the sequence when we stood looking. At the front of the restaurant, near the window facing the street, was John F. Kennedy Jr. and a lovely coed. He waved us over to their table.

I introduced the son of President John F. Kennedy to my son and daughter after we sat. His name didn't really seem to matter to them, who said hello in unison and dug into their eggs.

But JFK Jr didn't let it go at that. He asked them about school. Where did they go? What classes did they like?

Now my daughter perked up. Somebody--she wasn't sure...Kennedy, was it?...was interested in her.

And that, dear reader, is the lesson. When you meet somebody for the first time, you wonder what to say, right? The answer is to encourage the other person to talk about herself. That is what John F. Kennedy Jr. did that Sunday with my son and daughter.

He got them to talk about themselves. He knew that is the best way to start a conversation with a stranger.

"He's cute," said Bonnie, as we walked from the Brown Jug. "What did you say his name was?"

"'Is', not 'was'," I replied.

Sincerely,
Barry Beckham


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