Making a great
first impression is not always a good thing. Sure it comes in useful for
interviews and the like but in social situations like when
making new friends, the brilliant first impression can be your worst
enemy. You see you have to live up to that image if you want to keep it. You don’t want people to think you’ve deceived them or that you’re
full of shit so unless you can keep all your
promises then don’t make them.
Growing on people is much better, even if you get underestimated at first you can only go up in people’s estimations, you become
trusted and appreciated for all the right reasons because you earn that trust over time.
There is probably too much value laid on the
first impression. In a world consumed with
superficiality where we recognise
faces and
logos more than
achievements or
principles it’s all too easy to forget the importance of a long term
commitment but it is only that which will make you
content and
happy.