By Resilience Speaker, Jamie Mason Cohen
HOW TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE
Actors and speakers know that how you enter the stage for the first time sets the tone. It’s cliche but true: You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
When I accidentally attended Sean Combs’ post-MTV Awards Party thrown for his then-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, the couple pulled up fashionably late in a limo, stopped just long enough to get photos taken, were dressed beautifully and walked in nonchalantly.
ACTING LIKE YOU’RE NOBODY, MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A SOMEBODY
Some friends and I were waiting outside to get into this party. The bouncer said there were too many people so tickets no longer counted. The guys I was with were furious and complained.
I waited at the side of the entrance of the Immersive theater in Belgrade. The bouncer said to me “Who are you?” I said, “Nobody important.” He smiled and asked me my name and said, “Wait a minute.”
DIFFERENTIATE BY DOING SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE FIRST BEFORE ASKING
Most people put their interests first. Instead, I offered the bouncer 2 backstage passes to SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE regardless if he let me in or not. He let me in and we became friends.
