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True class has less to do with polish, status or knowing the right etiquette than with how someone protects another person’s dignity when there is nothing to gain
['Written By', 'Lachlan Brown', 'Lachlan Brown Is A Writer At Silicon Canals Contributing Across The Mind Pillar. His Background Blends Formal Training', 'A Graduate Diploma In Psychological Studies Deakin University', 'With A Long Practice Of Eastern Philosophy', 'Two Decades Of Operating Businesses Scratch. He Writes About High-Performance Routines', 'Decision-Making Under Pressure', 'The Discipline Of Clarity In Technology Work', 'Where The Patterns That Govern Building Also Govern Living. He Splits His Time Between Singapore', 'Ho Chi Minh City.']
Silicon Canals
True class is easiest to recognise when there is no audience to impress and no advantage to gain.
Class becomes visible when the reward disappearsNearly anyone can be charming towards a person they hope to impress.
It is remembering that another person’s mistake does not create a temporary licence to treat them as smaller.
Class does not require someone to accept poor treatment with a smile, but it does ask them not to use a legitimate complaint as permission for contempt.
True class does not mean making yourself smallerThere is an old and unhelpful version of class that asks people, especially women and those with less formal power, to remain pleasant while others cross their boundaries.