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"Good morning", "Hi", "Hello", "What's up"; all are familiar greetings used frequently in today's society. Greetings are the stepping stone to a proper acquaintanceship amongst the public. Even more groundbreaking is the popular handshake. Handshakes, including dapping and high-fiving, all hold a limitless array of possibility. With three easy steps, assess the situation, analyze the addresser, and choosing the appropriate handshake, you will successfully obtain a greeting that will set a suitable image in order to gain common ground.

First, evaluate the situation; think about whom you are going to be meeting. Is it someone with high authority and importance such as the President, or a close, long loved friend? Are you going to be meeting them for the first time? Why are you meeting them? All of the following questions must go into consideration.

Secondly, after you fully evaluate the situation, a brief study of the persons is needed. This needs to be gone about in a swift and sly manner, making sure that the intended individual is unaware of your presence. I personally spend a day's worth of time shadowing my targeted character, doing everything they do but at a comfortable distance. The information gained from this can be very rewarding. Used to increase knowledge about the in's and out's of your person, shadowing can potentially unveil hidden obstacles that may later hinder your bonding progress.

Lastly, choose the right handshake. All first impressions start with how you greet the person, and equally, can end with choosing the wrong one. Knuckle punching, commonly known as dapping, or pounding, would be a respectful greeting amongst teenagers and young adults today. To dap, all you do is make a fist, normally with your right hand, and gently punch the other person's fist. Other means of greets include the "American" handshake and high-fiving. To do an "American" hand shake, you start by having a firm grasp on the other person's right hand, and then swiftly shake it up and down. This is appropriate between all ages, and can be used to when time isn't on your side. The last option, high-five, is just a rapid contact of the hands. Usually, both parties will have open palms, and while raising either their right or left arm, smack each other's hand. Despite the fact that it's extremely easy this way, "slapping hands" or "giving some skin" can be done from behind the back, under the legs, or even while jumping! Whether it is a firm, gripping handshake, a quick high-five, or teenaged dap, all choices will pave the road to a relationship.

Choosing the right greeting will very much help you to achieve a thriving friendship, and having a correct arsenal of handshakes will make it that much easier. With the three easy steps, assess the situation, analyze the addresser, and choosing the appropriate handshake, being able to decide on a correct greeting will become hassle free!