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Is your first impression,the last impression?
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Posted 4 months ago Do you really beleive in that saying?Do you thing the moment you look at a person or talk to him/her for the first time,you can gauge what sort of a person he is and whether he has any depth or not? Re-enlightenment is in the realization of the fact that we have only the present moment to live. |
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| Posted 4 months ago I sometimes feel that way. However, I have had my first impressions of people change for both better or worse. First impressions- important and forming- but still just a starting point for growth or regression. At least in this person's impression! Korina Anja |
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| Posted 4 months ago I often wonder about this as case may be that a person may be reserved and might not open up to you when you meet the first time.A lot of people tend to be gaurded and dont prefer to be expressive of their views and ideas at the first go.Sometimes people also take time to warm up to you but with time and association they ease out.So I really wonder if it is fair to jump to conclusions about a person or draw inferences when you meet him/her for the first time. Re-enlightenment is in the realization of the fact that we have only the present moment to live. |
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| Posted 4 months ago Sadly, I think that a negative first impression is remembered longer than a neutral one. Fantastic ones are not soon forgotten either. |
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| Posted 4 months ago Rasika says ...
This type of first impression, reserved, actually works well with me. I am impressed by a person's boundries and appreciate a person who tests the waters before jumping in- it shows situational awareness and an ability to adapt to those around you. I feel very uncomfortable when people share too much personal information with me off the bat. I guess first impressions have as much to do with who you are "impressee" as they do the "impressor"! Korina Anja |
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| Posted 4 months ago When I first met a collegue of mine at work,I thought he was the biggest snob I had ever met by the way he talked,his jokes,body language.But then I got a chance to work with him on a project and that's when I learnt that he was a great guy at heart,sensible and well mannered.And now when I think of the inferences I had drawn when I had first met him,I was so wrong,infact I mentioned this to him the other day and we both had a laugh over it. Another case was when I met a guy in school,who seemed like reserved,respectful,sensible person,great at school work ,polite etc.And then when I got to work with him on a school project,he was good at his work but I felt that he was someone I would'nt want to know more about cause he turned out to be very self absorbed and full of himself. Both these time,I felt I was so wrong about the first impressions these two people had generated on me!! Re-enlightenment is in the realization of the fact that we have only the present moment to live. |
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| Posted 4 months ago Personally I always give the person a second chance. And the reason being is because I am painfully shy and at certain events I can come across as non chalant or perhaps a little icy. However once I get a bit comfortable there is no stopping me and at the core I am outgoing and personable...I'm just a slow starter! So I try to give a person a second try whenever I can because you never know their circumstance or what was going on in their life that day. Some of the best friends I have today are ones I thought I'd hate in the begining...lol! It's not who you are that holds you back. It's who you think you're not. - Unknown |
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| Posted 4 months ago First impressions are rarely accurate. I had a great doctor at home, and at our first meeting he yelled at someone in the office. Later, I discovered that he was very caring and professional. He put his patients first. Two years later he opened his own office because he tired of the politics and greed by the owner of first office. At his new office, every morning a staff member would buy bagels and juice for the patients. Patients no longer waited 4 hours in the waiting room; the limit was 15 minutes. My first impression was he was not a patient man. His outburst at the first office had to do with a new charge the owner had initiated. My first impression was wrong. Donna Life is short. Embrace your friends and family with love. |
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| Posted 4 months ago First impressions are never generally right. I would want to use the quote, "Do'nt judge a book by its cover". We must look for the hidden details or the real person behind the mask before we jump to conclusion. I am learning to do that, because I have learnt that, "Not all that glitters is gold" . |
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| Posted 4 months ago I'd like to think we are so perceptive that we can tell what a person's character is right away. But I have been SO wrong on so many occasions that I doubt it could be true. If I am ever right, it might be just the odds. "There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you." (Carol Matthau) |