Sunday, March 21, 2010

How To Close A Door Properly -- Loretta Young Files


Yes, there are plenty of lessons to be learned from today's clip, but let's focus on door etiquette.
Watch. Repeat. Practice.
Watch again as needed.
We should sense, rather than hear, your entrance.
Focus on your action, on what you are doing, like Miss Young does.
Be in the moment. Be in the second.
Pay attention to your details.
Respect your door, respect your self.
Interior grace = exterior grace.
No need to shake the walls.
Think Loretta Young, not Ma Kettle.
Be Loretta, not Ma.
We should sense, rather than hear, your entrance.
Home or office, this Youngian method is effective.
Use the same door etiquette, in reverse, when you exit.
Car doors, bathroom doors, French doors, kitchen cabinet doors, driveway gates, trash can tops, doors -- and drawers -- of all kinds, all good.
Gentlemen, think Cary Grant, not John Rambo, and this method works for you too.

Next up: How to do stairs the Lana Turner way.
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