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| Teenagers view screen on a mobile device during a festival two weeks ago near my home. |
That is advice about the art of conversation. It is included in the book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie. The book sold fifteen millions copies.
Lots of people check in online while engaged in face to face conversations. They don't consider it rude to look down at a mobile device. They assume it's just the way things are done.
That assumption is wrong.
During conversations, people who succumb to distractions lose respect. By loosing respect, they diminish their career prospects. They pay social costs as well, even if those costs aren't evident right away.
To bolster this viewpoint, consider another quote by Carnegie: 'When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.'
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