As a Gentleman Would Say Revised and Expanded

Responses to Life's Important (and Sometimes Awkward) Situations

John Bridges, Bryan Curtis

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9781401604707
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Personal Success
• Index: Business

Simple reminders and new ideas for any man who is eager to navigate the obstacle course of his own words.

On any given day, a man is faced with situations that demand a response. He runs into a friend who was recently fired . . . His date can’t seem to pry herself away from a texting conversation during dinner . . . Someone at his gym routinely monopolizes the equipment . . . He finds himself in a nearly unintelligible conversation with a client who has a thick foreign accent. In each of these scenarios, there are distinct responses that can determine the outcome—for better or worse.

Knowing what to say is essential, because regardless of how many doors he opens or how often he remembers to bring a bottle of wine for the hostess, a gentleman’s reputation is often established on his ability to communicate. In this updated version of As a Gentleman Would Say, John Bridges and Bryan Curtis offer simple reminders and new ideas for any man who is eager to navigate the obstacle course of his own words.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• 53 Things Every Well-Spoken Gentleman Knows
• Around Town
• Friends and Lovers
• Wining and Dining
• On the Job
• Affairs of the Heart
• At a Dinner Party
• At a Cocktail Party
• The Host with the Most
• Private Lives
• Giving, Lending, Borrowing, and Sharing
• In Times of Sadness
• Awkwardness Extraordinaire
• When Good Guys Go Bad
• Index