But in make believe situations, most of us come off looking like Woody Allen. A friend once said that, when rubbing shoulders with the sinfully rich, you need to understand how to play the game. You stroll into a room casually, but confidently. Recognize someone across the way with a slight nod, slight wink and slight smile. Handshakes should be modest, not vice-like.
Ostentatious greetings are for average Joes and insurance seminars.
They have no agenda and command respect and power, but never flaunt it. I find them refreshing, enlightening and inspiring. Then there are those who use voluntarism as a source for building images and great resumes while symbolically splashing scotch on the peasants below. Inwardly they believe they have more wealth than King Tut and more power than Patton and all the while their credit cards are smoking. At times we must realize that it is indeed true that the world is a stage and we are merely players.