What do you do?

Paul Johnstone
One of the most common suggestions was to ask the question "What do you do?". But how many times do people actually answer the question?

People always answer in the same way:

Q: Hi what do you do?

A: I’m and financial director.

That does not answer the question; it tells you what the person is not what they do. I am not pointing fingers it’s something we all do.

Readers will be aware that I use something called a 3 X 3 X 3 to engage people at networking events. Basically this is away of answering the the now thorny question of what do you do?

When I ran a workshop on this topic at a Refer-On group recently a PR manager gave a great example of how by answering a simple question, you can get the other person to ask you for more information. All she said was “I make people famous”

I don’t know about you but that got me thinking. If I got that answer I would have asked how she did that. Not sure I could have stopped myself it is such a powerful answer. And it actually answers the question.

Thinking about your trade or profession what answers do you think you can come up with?

Hear are just a few I have encountered over the years:

I help people sleep at night: An Accountant

I shrink people bills: A utility broker

I find money other people are using: a recovery agent

I put peoples name up in lights: A sign maker.

Well that’s just the tip of the iceberg what can you come up with?

Regards

Helping Real People Do Real Business Through Real Networking