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RP Post #2

1. What does it take to be remembered? 2. //Why People Will or Won't Remember You// 3. Donald Miller - Storyline Blog 4. http://storylineblog.com/2013/09/23/why-people-will-or-wont-remember-you/ 5. Website (storylineblog.com) at 11:57 PM on Sunday, May 25, 2014 6. SOAPSTone 7. Bill Murray made a memorable first impression on a fan by tackling him after first saying hello in a hotel elevator. People who are truly memorable are those who genuinely care about people as human beings. By asking questions and expressing authentic interest in others, they make others feel good about themselves. Such people do not want anything in return; they just want to get to know people, and their real personalities are admirable and worthy of imitation. 8. People who are truly memorable are those who make others feel good about themselves by being genuinely interested in others as human beings. 9. I am very persuaded by the author's treatment of the topic because I generally agree with his main points. It's good to have sources like this one which I agree with almost completely, but I also realize that I need to get points that counter such arguments as the ones Miller presents in order to broaden my horizons and perspectives. I am persuaded by Donald Miller because it makes sense to me that being truly interested in others is a rare and memorable quality. Sometimes I wonder if everything people do ultimately relates back to themselves, so it makes sense that people like those who make them feel good about themselves. 10. Key sentences
 * S: being remembered, first impressions, meeting people, lasting impressions
 * O: blog article, response to a story about Bill Murray
 * A: blog readers, those who want to be remembered, Bill Murray fans, people looking to make good first impressions
 * P: to show people how to be remembered, to show people what not to do in order to make a good first impression, to describe a select group of people, to analyze an anecdote about Bill Murray
 * S: Donald Miller, blogger, person who helps others, person with advice
 * Tone: conversational, informal, advisory, reflective, thoughtful, genuine
 * "I remember people best when they, somehow, make me feel good about myself."
 * " I’m not talking about flattery, because that leads to distrust."
 * " And I’m not talking about compliments, either, because they are so often (though not always) given in exchange for something, like //will you read my book?" //
 * ////" // //People who make me feel good about myself are the ones who tend to value people not because of what they’ve done or what they offer, but simply because I’m a human being."
 * " How do they value me as a human? They listen. They ask questions. They do not want anything in exchange. They express how good it was to get to know me."
 * " What’s even better about meeting people like this is it makes me want to be one of them."