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Your First Move

No doubt you’ve heard the expression, “You never have a second chance to make a good first impression”? Sure you have, probably so many times you’d rather eat hairballs than hear it again. The mental snapshot people take when meeting you for the first time burns itself into their memory bank and colors their opinion of you from that moment forward. And today, that first impression is more important than any time in history because people who work together in a digital world see each other far fewer times.

However, here’s a little secret most people don’t know. The first glimpse colleagues have of you coming in the door each morning also packs a powerful punch and has a ripple effect throughout the entire day. If your demeanor ...

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