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Understanding the psychological rewards of bad habits
Creating new habits to replace old ones
Developing self-discipline
Avoid bad days
There is almost no way to make a good first impression if you are having a bad day. If you have to go to an event, find a way to snap yourself out of your bad mood.
Working out, calling a friend or watching funny or inspiring YouTube videos before events often gets you in a more social, feel-good mood.
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Perfect Your Handshake
People can judge our personality from handshakes alone. What does yours say?
Your goal is that your nonverbal shows whomever you’re interacting with that you’re calm, confident and powerful. You can do this with a launch stance.
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Think about your ornaments
Clothes, makeup, jewelry, watches, and shoes are all types of ornamentation, and people definitely take these into account when making initial judgments.
Get some of your favorite outfits or ornaments together and ask friends you trust what they think of when they see them.
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Stand in a Launch Position
Your stance is actually more important than your posture.
- Your toes – which should always be pointed toward the person you are speaking with.
- Your hands – should always be visible and ideally expressive as you speak.
- Your arms – should always be loose so t...
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Ideal Firsts
How can you ensure people are judging you accurately and also seeing your best side?
The most important thing to do for giving a good impression is to set your intention. Right now pick your ideal first impression word. When people first meet me, I want them to see me as______...
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Self-Evaluation
Choose ONE word from this list of adjectives or pick your own to fill in the blank. When people first meet me, they think I am_____
- Charismatic or boring
- Outgoing or shy
- Kind or judgmental
- Intelligent or weird
- Open or closed
- Powerful or we...
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Thin-Slicing
Studies have found that we not only decide if we like someone in the first few seconds, but also that the first impression stays with us.
Thin-slicing is when we take a mental snapshot of someone and guess their competence, confidence and likability in less than a second.
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