CHAPTER TWO
CREATING AN ACCURATE IMPRESSION
Chains of habit are too light to be felt, until they’re too heavy to be broken.
—WARREN BUFFETT
American investor, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Other people’s perceptions of you can considerably affect your level of success. They can impact the level of respect you receive, if you’re given a voice at the table (or invited back to the table), your pay, and whether or not you get promoted. Creating an accurate impression of yourself is based on two things:
1. Knowing how you want to be perceived and leveraging your strengths
2. Understanding which of your habits may be undermining you—and being more aware of how those tendencies impact other people’s perceptions of you
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