1st and lasting impressions

"I enjoyed our meeting this afternoon," Thomas remarked.

1st impressions are lasting ones, based on voluminous research, and experts say those impressions are set in the 1st 10 seconds of a meeting. In those seconds the other person will either respect us or discount us. And all that person did was look at us.

Let's assume we have a business appointment with a stranger. We walk into the room and

1. He sees us, and makes his judgement

2. Then he hears us, how we sound and what we say.

3. He touches us by shaking our hand, and a firm handshake can make all the difference

4. At that range, he can probably smell us