First impressions are crucial to your success as a networker. They are vital as they are often lasting impressions. Social psychologists say that we make decisions about people in the first few minutes, if not seconds, after meeting them. After this it is very hard to change our beliefs, as we unconsciously seek evidence to support them.
Even before verbal contact we have made a judgement that will inform how we interact with a person. The only concern is that our judgements might be wrong. An HSBC advert series called ‘Your point of view’ illustrates this perfectly. It shows a series of images seen from two different perspectives depending ...
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