You have 5 seconds

People form opinions WAY too quickly.

No, I completely agree with you - it is NOT fair by any means. But that is how it is.

Whether it is business or pleasure, people form opinions on you in a couple of different ways

A. Verbal

B. Nonverbal

They look you over - maybe some not so obvious like my sister who curls her lip and gives you the "up-down" :-)

But they see how you are acting and formulate an opinion. They look at the overall appearance, though not as much as you would think. For example, a confident person that may not look like a movie star can still be extremely effective by presenting confidence and a smile. Simple enough.

Verbally, its a bit easier to make some changes to those ever important first 5 seconds. Some things I had to work on were.

Eye Contact

Letting people know I was there

Vocal tone

Vocal volume

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These were easy fixes if I reminded myself. Turn up the volume, have confidence in letting people know I was there, and keep eye contact with the person you are speaking with.

Eye contact is the hardest. If you lack confidence or struggle with social anxiety, it can be a tough one to learn. But you have to make yourself. Maintain the eye contact and stare through the person. Smile and have a great time learning something new about someone you didnt even know before. If the interaction doesnt work - use the situation to learn from it and move on to the next one - improving each time!

Everything in life is a learning experience - the ones that master a skill keep learning and implementing new techniques.

Try these this weekend and let me know how it changes things!

Andrew

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