"First impression is the last impression" is quite a popular saying. According to experts, this holds true in the sense that the impact of a person when you first meet him lasts for quite long. Amongst many factors that leave an impact, your looks, your dressing, your voice and way of talking are on the forefront. Giving attention to these dimensions of your personality isn't that hard.
Some tips to help you focus on what matters in creating a good impression are given below:
Stay neat and tidy: your clothes, hair and face needs to be neat and clean. Looking good not only leaves a good impact on the other person but it also helps you feel good about yourself. However this doesn't mean that you start spending a lot on your appearance. Instead, if one is smart about these things then a limited budget isn't an issue.
Looking in the mirror, we should ask ourselves the question that if we were to meet a stranger looking like this, would that create a favorable impression or an unfavorable one?
-Keep your mind free of negative thoughts:
Reading is a great exercise for the mind. From our daily routine, one should give books that are based on literature, life, history and science some time too. Experts recommend that even fifteen minutes of reading can reap much positive benefits. This would be good for your mind and would provide you with mental nourishment too. Not only that but this help you while conversing with people and would leave a positive impact on them.
Also learning new things helps in creating new neural connections and this brain activity keeps your mind sharp. Television programs and documentaries based on new knowledge are beneficial in this regard.
-Donot be abusive and be polite instead.
Talking with friends and family members in an angry tone all the time isn't healthy at all. It will only serve to drive people away. Being affectionate and caring would allow you to have more people that reciprocate that affection.
Experts recommend many such exercises that promote a softness in your way of speech and those exercises should be used to cure any harshness while conversing.
For those who suffer from stutter, exercises are designed for them as well. One of the most common recommendations is to breathe deeply and relax before talking.
Reading aloud helps too. Choosing a favorite piece of poetry or prose is helpful in helping one develop a smooth way of speech.
Knowing your abilities and working on developing them as strengths is a good exercise that reaps great results.
-Analyze the way you think.
It is important that we keep track of our thoughts and correct ourselves if our thinking is becoming increasingly negative. If we keep focusing on the bad, then we ourselves are destroying our chances of happiness and not only that we by being negative and suspicious, we steal other people's happiness as well.
