Recently, someone was introducing me to a friend. For whatever delightful reason, this person (the ‘introducer’) always finds a way to not only introduce you but share something about you at the same time.
“This is Bob, he’s an architect and cross country skis with the blind on weekends.”
“This is Doris, she’s a singer and owns a small cabin outside of Telluride.”
“This is Doug, he’s my friend from college and is in town promoting his new line of pet clothes.”
I think this is a brilliant way of introducing people, and really should be the only way. What’s better than to meet someone for the first time and yet, feel like you already know them?
When I was introduced the other day, the words that followed X, meet Y, Y, meet X, etc. sort of stopped time for me. “She works with Steve. She’s a good one. The real deal.”
The real deal.
Forget for a moment that we were in an extremely high-pressure, high-profile situation (for the two of them, anyway, not so much for me- I find it hard to feel like anything is that big a deal these days) and I think those words could probably be enough to keep me going for a very, very long time. As hard as we try to be what and who we want to be, I think mostly, we want to be perceived as authentic. I am friendly, outgoing, open and honest but mostly, I’m just trying to be me. No b.s., no skirting around issues, and no worrying that everyone likes me or what I’m doing. It’s good to know that sometimes, that’s what actually comes through.
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