While many of us might be keen on making a good impression of ourselves or others at first meetings, we forget that life happens and when it does it can take a great toll on even the best of us on the best of days.
Shit happens normally, imagine for a second someone met you or you met someone for the first time on one of those days that life is dropping rains of shit on them or you respectively, what kind of the first impression do you think you will be giving or receiving?
Check some of the reasons listed below as a substantial way for you to revisit your first impression of others;
- Sincerely speaking, life generally sucks try giving people a chance to prove your opinion of them wrong.
- As stated above life sucks maybe your first and second meets were just coincidentally on a wrong day, so get to know them more, observe how they treat others even on their good days and decide for yourself if they are worth another try or not.
- Remember character flaws are not necessarily personality defects. Some people just generally flaunt rudeness and being blunt as a coping mechanism from all the hurt (gbas gbos) they have received from others they trusted. So sometimes giving people a reason to trust you can earn you access to their deepest most amazing side.
- We accept our snap judgment as to facts and never rigorously test our hunches. Walk into a party and if you decide the first person you see looks unfriendly, you won’t want to talk to them. You’ll never find out whether you’re right or wrong. We never say to ourselves.
- Most often than not our first impressions reflect our own biases. At the very least, you should be skeptical about your first impression and look outside of yourself.
Generally, we must learn to take our first impression of others with a grain of salt. This is a hard thing because many people assume their first impressions are right, that they can judge the good from the bad, but the exact evidence suggests that’s not the case.
Therefore whether we are on our first meet or second meet with someone we must learn to keep an open mind always.
