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Can We Agree to Disagree?

by Candace Smith The Etiquette Blog Candace Smith Etiquette Biography:  Candace Smith, wife of Nobel Prize-Winner Professor Dr. Vernon Smith and owner of the extraordinary blog, “Etiquette for the Business of Life” as featured by BBC, Chicago Tribune and USA Today offers her insights. ——- The phrase “agree to disagree” often emerges as a last resort. […]

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Flowers for Mother’s Day

by Candace Smith The Etiquette Blog Candace Smith Etiquette Biography:  Candace Smith, wife of Nobel Prize-Winner Professor Dr. Vernon Smith and owner of the extraordinary blog, “Etiquette for the Business of Life” as featured by BBC, Chicago Tribune and USA Today offers her insights. ——- Mothers Day falls on different days in different countries depending on […]

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How to Eat French Onion Soup!

by Candace Smith The Etiquette Blog Candace Smith Etiquette Biography:  Candace Smith, wife of Nobel Prize-Winner Professor Dr. Vernon Smith and owner of the extraordinary blog, “Etiquette for the Business of Life” as featured by BBC, Chicago Tribune and USA Today offers her insights. ——- A friend recently shared an interview experience with a person who […]

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Commonsense Etiquette

by Candace Smith The Etiquette Blog Candace Smith Etiquette Biography:  Candace Smith, wife of Nobel Prize-Winner Professor Dr. Vernon Smith and owner of the extraordinary blog, “Etiquette for the Business of Life” as featured by BBC, Chicago Tribune and USA Today offers her insights. ——- I’ve been re-reading a delightful book written by Eleanor Roosevelt in […]

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Focusing on Things Within Your Control

by Candace Smith The Etiquette Blog Candace Smith Etiquette ——- One key to living peaceably among others is to focus on the things within your control.  In other words, avoid meddling and concentrate on your own affairs. The advantage to this, as a character in the children’s story, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), growled, “If everybody […]

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Etiquette Evolves but Its Purpose Remains

by Candace Smith The Etiquette Blog Candace Smith Etiquette ——- Etiquette evolves as current culture practices and technology both change.  It offers guidelines for respectful behavior based on common sense, fair play, politeness, and concern for others. Yet, throughout etiquette’s evolution, the component of helping us remain recognizably respectful is always its foundation. Etiquette Evolves with […]

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