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Sara Jane Ho

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
588 total appearances

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Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

And the most beautiful gift a parent can give their child is good manners.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

So, so yeah. So my, my finishing school, it's for ladies and, And many are mothers. So like 90% of my clients are mothers. So they can then teach their children.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

So, so yeah. So my, my finishing school, it's for ladies and, And many are mothers. So like 90% of my clients are mothers. So they can then teach their children.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

So, so yeah. So my, my finishing school, it's for ladies and, And many are mothers. So like 90% of my clients are mothers. So they can then teach their children.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Right. Because they want to be role models for their children. And to me, that is the most important thing. And I do have some young adults, like actually sometimes I have mothers and daughters because I have a hostess course for married women and a debutante course for unmarried women. So sometimes I'll have a mother in hostess and then her daughter in my debutante class. Okay.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Right. Because they want to be role models for their children. And to me, that is the most important thing. And I do have some young adults, like actually sometimes I have mothers and daughters because I have a hostess course for married women and a debutante course for unmarried women. So sometimes I'll have a mother in hostess and then her daughter in my debutante class. Okay.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Right. Because they want to be role models for their children. And to me, that is the most important thing. And I do have some young adults, like actually sometimes I have mothers and daughters because I have a hostess course for married women and a debutante course for unmarried women. So sometimes I'll have a mother in hostess and then her daughter in my debutante class. Okay.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Yeah. Yeah. So, okay. So I opened my Beijing school in 2013, followed by a Shanghai school in 2015. Okay. So at some point I was between two cities. My co-founder, Rebecca, who's my co-founder for my finishing school to this day, she's based in Beijing. And actually she does, because now I'm traveling a lot and she does most of the teaching now.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Yeah. Yeah. So, okay. So I opened my Beijing school in 2013, followed by a Shanghai school in 2015. Okay. So at some point I was between two cities. My co-founder, Rebecca, who's my co-founder for my finishing school to this day, she's based in Beijing. And actually she does, because now I'm traveling a lot and she does most of the teaching now.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Yeah. Yeah. So, okay. So I opened my Beijing school in 2013, followed by a Shanghai school in 2015. Okay. So at some point I was between two cities. My co-founder, Rebecca, who's my co-founder for my finishing school to this day, she's based in Beijing. And actually she does, because now I'm traveling a lot and she does most of the teaching now.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

And during COVID, China had pretty stringent lockdowns. And during that time, it was just impossible to hold a class to teach. And so I closed down both physical schools. And now we're, so actually what we do now is whenever we have classes, we have them in the Waldorf Astoria in Shanghai, for example.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

And during COVID, China had pretty stringent lockdowns. And during that time, it was just impossible to hold a class to teach. And so I closed down both physical schools. And now we're, so actually what we do now is whenever we have classes, we have them in the Waldorf Astoria in Shanghai, for example.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

And during COVID, China had pretty stringent lockdowns. And during that time, it was just impossible to hold a class to teach. And so I closed down both physical schools. And now we're, so actually what we do now is whenever we have classes, we have them in the Waldorf Astoria in Shanghai, for example.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Or we work with different, we'll just choose different venues and different hotels to hold our courses in. And how long is the course? Well, the hostess course is 10 days long. Oh, okay. Yeah. And then the debutante course is eight days long. But we also have weekend courses. And we also work with a lot of luxury brands to hold etiquette workshops for their VIPs. So for their customers. Okay.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Or we work with different, we'll just choose different venues and different hotels to hold our courses in. And how long is the course? Well, the hostess course is 10 days long. Oh, okay. Yeah. And then the debutante course is eight days long. But we also have weekend courses. And we also work with a lot of luxury brands to hold etiquette workshops for their VIPs. So for their customers. Okay.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Or we work with different, we'll just choose different venues and different hotels to hold our courses in. And how long is the course? Well, the hostess course is 10 days long. Oh, okay. Yeah. And then the debutante course is eight days long. But we also have weekend courses. And we also work with a lot of luxury brands to hold etiquette workshops for their VIPs. So for their customers. Okay.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Like what are the top British afternoon tea table manners is the most popular and most practical course. Yeah. I would imagine. Right. Cause in China, everybody uses chopsticks. Right. So, and, and even Western dining is a really new concept. Really? It really just came about. I mean, in the nineties, it was a Very basically no Western restaurants in China.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Like what are the top British afternoon tea table manners is the most popular and most practical course. Yeah. I would imagine. Right. Cause in China, everybody uses chopsticks. Right. So, and, and even Western dining is a really new concept. Really? It really just came about. I mean, in the nineties, it was a Very basically no Western restaurants in China.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

Like what are the top British afternoon tea table manners is the most popular and most practical course. Yeah. I would imagine. Right. Cause in China, everybody uses chopsticks. Right. So, and, and even Western dining is a really new concept. Really? It really just came about. I mean, in the nineties, it was a Very basically no Western restaurants in China.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 409: Sarah Jane Ho: Mastering Etiquette for Dating and the 20-40-2 Rule for Better Conversations

And then in the 2000s, a couple of started springing up. Now, every Michelin chef is going to China.