first-impressions

Self-confident people don__ make their self-esteem, self-image, happiness, or self-confidence dependent on another person__ approval, validation, or acceptance.

What do confidence and command look like when you see them? Moving one step past a healthy self-esteem, they project an air of authority, respect, and deliberate intention.

Identify confident people whom you admire and respect and notice what they do differently to project such confidence. Learn by observing role models.

Walk the talk and project confidence. If at first you don__ feel confident, fake it until you make it.

Yes, learning curves can be painful, exhausting, trying, scary, and intimidating. How did you learn to ride a bike? One pedal, one balance, one turn, and one step at a time.

Practice positive and affirming self-talk.

Your charisma and charm can make your moments more memorable for amazing first impressions.

Set goals to create a clear sense of purpose and direction.

Get outside your comfort zone. Stretch beyond your norm and try new things.

Embrace change and practice flexibility. It will make you more agile in adapting to new people and situations.

Confidence is not a goal or a final ending point where you arrive and then stop once you reach it. Rather, it is the satisfaction and reward you achieve by stretching to, and beyond, the best of your abilities.

Building self-confidence is like building a muscle. Your confidence grows in response to your intensity of usage and the level of performance you require from it. If you don__ use it, you may lose it. Stretch, flex, life, and build!

Nurture a balanced perspective and don__ __weat the small stuff.

People sometimes talk about the power of first impressions, and believe me, there is truth to it.

A first impression works like a magic mirror; it reflects what intrigues us rather than echoing a truthful picture. A first impression is the creating of an imagined character born from personal desires, perceptions, and biases. Though sparked by an introduction to a real, living, breathing individual, the person remains a mystery long after parting. It is a fictitious ghost masked with similar features that remains. A first impression is rarely accurate; therefore, it should never be trusted.

Was he trying to rescue her?She fought not to roll her eyes. Men.

When i was younger, one piece of advice from a mentor stuck with me for years...."When shaking someones hand make sure its strong and confident. For 1st impressions last and your character is automatically assumed in that one second of greeting...

I'm a big believer in first impressions," he finally said. "Tell me what your first thought was when Jason walked into the courtroom."Taylor took a sip of her drink and grinned. This one was easy. "I vowed to hate him forever."Jeremy's brown eyes twinkled at this. "That's exactly what I said nineteen years ago, five minutes after he first walked into our dorm room.