First Impression is the last impression... is it really..... we have been fed with this theory since ages and we pass this on to generations without realizing the stress associated with it. We focus so much on creating first impression that we go up the extent of faking our personality. And that has been proven time and again that we recruit people and then find out that he / she is not upto the mark.. and at the same time we recruit people just for the heck of it and they prove to be gems...!!!
This is not true just for recruitment's but anything in life be it relations , opportunities , friends etc.
I would reiterate opportunities because generally opportunities don't come in good packaging...!!!
Now here i am not telling that we shouldn't make an impression.. but if we concentrate on being who we are and getting better and better on who we are... we will never be stressed on making an impression.. and our every impression will be the last impression...!!!
And for people who reject things on first impression the best thing would be not to be constipated with this theory... otherwise you will miss diamonds ... because raw diamonds don't come in good packaging...!!!
There is this beautiful story about a writer who had a female fan.. this female fan used to write him letters and slowly they became very good friends. They had the same likings and matched very well. Only catch that the writer hadn't seen her so he requested for a pic.
The fan replied that she will personally love to meet her once the timing is right. And one day she agreed for a date at a particular restaurant.
The writer asked how will he recognize her. She said that she would be carrying a yellow rose along with her.
On the appointed evening the writer went to the place to find a fat ugly looking lady sitting with a yellow rose.
Now the writer had 2 choices
1) To cancel the date
2) To carry on the date and know more about her.
He decided the second option. He went to the lady and introduced himself.
The lady replied " Sir i am not the one you are looking for. I was told by the lady sitting over there to sit with a yellow rose". and she pointed to a very beautiful girl sitting across the other side.
The writer couldn't believe his luck and once they were introduced he asked her " My lady what would you have done if i had just walked away".
She replied " Then it would be clear that you like me for my beauty and not for who i am. I would never have contacted you again."
Think about it how many opportunities / friends / life partners / jobs / employees / customers etc etc we miss because of this age old misconception that "first impression is the last impression".... !!!
This is not true just for recruitment's but anything in life be it relations , opportunities , friends etc.
I would reiterate opportunities because generally opportunities don't come in good packaging...!!!
Now here i am not telling that we shouldn't make an impression.. but if we concentrate on being who we are and getting better and better on who we are... we will never be stressed on making an impression.. and our every impression will be the last impression...!!!
And for people who reject things on first impression the best thing would be not to be constipated with this theory... otherwise you will miss diamonds ... because raw diamonds don't come in good packaging...!!!
There is this beautiful story about a writer who had a female fan.. this female fan used to write him letters and slowly they became very good friends. They had the same likings and matched very well. Only catch that the writer hadn't seen her so he requested for a pic.
The fan replied that she will personally love to meet her once the timing is right. And one day she agreed for a date at a particular restaurant.
The writer asked how will he recognize her. She said that she would be carrying a yellow rose along with her.
On the appointed evening the writer went to the place to find a fat ugly looking lady sitting with a yellow rose.
Now the writer had 2 choices
1) To cancel the date
2) To carry on the date and know more about her.
He decided the second option. He went to the lady and introduced himself.
The lady replied " Sir i am not the one you are looking for. I was told by the lady sitting over there to sit with a yellow rose". and she pointed to a very beautiful girl sitting across the other side.
The writer couldn't believe his luck and once they were introduced he asked her " My lady what would you have done if i had just walked away".
She replied " Then it would be clear that you like me for my beauty and not for who i am. I would never have contacted you again."
Think about it how many opportunities / friends / life partners / jobs / employees / customers etc etc we miss because of this age old misconception that "first impression is the last impression".... !!!
Great story !!
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