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The words “sale” and “introvert” doesn't seem to go along very well. As an introvert you might be scary getting out of your comfort zone and meet with potential clients face to face; sounds familiar?
A salesperson must be professional, customer oriented, knowledgeable, not pushy or aggressive and spend more time listening; therefore, an introvert can become great salesman/saleswoman. Introverts have good verbal and non verbal communication skills, tend to build long-term relationships and create loyalties.
Visual arts and musician Alec Dempster is transforming the traditional Mexican "Lotería" game and creating a new musical version to promote the game in Mexico and abroad. Recently he started a campaign on the website Kickstarter.com to fund the cost of recording a CD that will accompany the board game.
The “Lotería” game is a Mexican form of Bingo. The traditional “Lotería” consists of images and verses rather than just numbers. His adaptation called “El Fandanguito” includes 60 images which represent “sones”, which are jarocho folk songs from the state of Veracruz. The songs are sung while the players listen and try to identify the corresponding images on their boards.
Sources: alecdempster.net / cafeconpan.ca
The new game will include the CD, 8 letter press boards and a deck of 60 illustrated cards (linoleum printed images with the lyrics or verses, written specially for the playing of the game). Each verse is an "adivinanza" (riddle) with the title coming at the very end or poetically insinuated. The game is played by reciting or singing the verses, explains Dempster on his website.
Dempster spent three years in Mexico creating the print images which then custom printed on 8 playing boards at Lunar Caustic Press in Toronto, using the letter press technique, explains on Kickstarter.
- His most recent CD "Nuevos Caminos a Santiago" along with a CD of unreleased live Cafe Con Pan music group recordings.
- Signed copies of his book about son jarocho called "Lotería Jarocha"
- Choose from 30 of the "Lotería" limited edition prints.
About Alec Dempster:
Dempster was born in Mexico City and grew up in Toronto where he received his formal art training. It is in Veracruz, Mexico however that his work became synonymous with son jarocho folk music and other aspects of local popular culture. Over a period of twelve years his printmaking has been part of a multidisciplinary project combining; research of local oral history, doing field recordings with elderly musicians, creating educational games, as well as performing professionally with established son jarocho groups.
Alec Dempster and Kali Niño conduct interactive son jarocho workshops, classes and courses, for all age groups. They lead to a broader understanding of Mexican culture, Spanish language, and develop musical skills. An important component is the zapateado dance form which has been described as “Mexican tap”, as well as singing, playing the jarana and percussion.
A long time
ago I had the opportunity to listen to one of Patch Adams conferences in Mexico
City. Yes! The real Hunter "Patch" Adams, the visionary doctor who
revolutionized medicine with laugh therapy.
Laugh improves
mood for any patient but his teachings can help us not only in the field of
medicine, but also to improve our daily lives and stop being so grumpy at work.
In his lectures, Adams provides some exercises
that appear to be simple, but in reality are loaded with significance and are really
good for relaxing. Try some of his techniques and see the difference in your
mood.
The first exercise is to act as furniture, for
example a sofa. "You do not necessarily have to be a living thing to be
happy, I used to take people to the morgue and tell them don’t you feel better than
that poor man?” said Adams.
The second is to act as a statue in a salute position;
the third is to make funny or enthusiastic faces. The fourth is to approach a
stranger and talk about the joys of life (if you don’t have, you must invent
them). "As a doctor you have to know how to love people, I asked my
students to greet everyone and achieve a dinner invitation after half an
hour."
Other activities that
help improve mood are: dance, have physical and visual contact with others,
build strong communities and relationships that give a sense of belonging to
combat loneliness and avoid depression. In addition, develop creativity (e.g.,
inventing things with just a sheet of paper).
Being grateful is
vital. "To be grateful you got to turn and see famine and places like
Africa," said Adams.
Joy is not only a reward for something (like graduating from college or getting a good job); we celebrate being alive.
Aída Ulloa
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