You only have one chance to make a great first impression. If you don’t learn the right way to present yourself to others, you could miss out on opportunities,
said Ann Demarais and Valerie White in First Impressions: What You Don’t Know About How Others See You. “A first impression is our first and sometimes only opportunity to provide someone with a sense of who we are—a sense that will most likely be a lasting one. This is one of the reasons why first impressions are so crucial in terms of how others will view you and whether they will want to get to know you better,” said Demarais and White.
Once someone has an opinion of you, it is very hard to change. Even though you may try to change your ways, it can be quite difficult to convince someone to see you differently. “Though these meetings and the impressions we leave may seem fleeting, they can often have a far-reaching impact on our lives. An impression is important in the sense that there is a ‘retained remembrance,’ a lasting sense of someone or something,” said Demarais and White.
How you can ruin a first impression
A bad first impression is often made when we lack awareness of how our actions impact others. Once you learn which behaviors are off-putting to others, you can move toward making the necessary changes. Here are four ways you can rub someone the wrong way.
it’s important to pay attention to how you treat others. “Etiquette is
an attitude. Whether you are in a three-piece power suit, have an apron
wrapped around your waist, or wear work boots and jeans, you have a
choice to be nasty or nice … In the end, it is your professional
reputation you’re building or destroying,” said Randall
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