Summary: Saying hello can greatly impact your life by shaping first impressions, which are formed quickly and can last a long time. To make a positive first impression, focus on your voice, body language, and genuine curiosity in conversations. Every greeting is an opportunity to connect, learn, and potentially build a meaningful relationship.
First impressions shouldn’t matter as much as they do… but they do. (View Highlight)
Think of your voice as something that starts deep inside of you and gains your best qualities as it makes its way towards the ears of others. (View Highlight)
If you blame others for poor conversations you surrender control and condemn yourself to a lifetime of many miserable, meaningless chats. But, if you take responsibility for building an interesting conversation, you’ll learn to adjust what you’re doing so that people will want to have positive interactions with you. (View Highlight)
treat each person as if they were the only person he would meet that day. (View Highlight)
we havea very hard time learning to like someone if we experienced a bad first impression. (View Highlight)
Every person you meet is a chance to learn something new, gain an ally for your cause, find someone who believes what you believe, make a new friend, or get help from unexpected places, including the extended networks of everyone you meet. (View Highlight)