Browse 281 quotes about First Impressions Quotes.
“Have you met people who are so set on exerting their position that they are oblivious to the feelings of others? That their being right is more important than being kind? We all must consider which stance is the most beneficial. Might I suggest . . . kindness?”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“Why do some people feel the need to throw a person's errors or weaknesses in their face or criticize their shortcomings? What benefit can they possibly receive from proving someone wrong to prove they are right? This level of insensitivity and self-centeredness leaves collateral damage in its wake and destroys positive impressions.”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“The Truth Can Hurt . . .
“Honesty is one of your most valuable virtues, however, when used without discretion, it can reap unfavorable repercussions.”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“Be Personable & Friendly. People who are genuinely warm and sincerely kind are easy to talk to, easy to like and bring a positive vibe to new encounters and social situations.”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“Be a Discovery Expert. Be inquisitive. A wonderful way to get to know someone is simply by asking questions. The more you ask, the more you can learn . . . about people, work, life.”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“Use Discretion & Good Judgment. Don't share your most embarrassing moments with public exposure. Doing what is right is not always easy and can require uncommon courage. Be brave my friends, living right is its own reward.”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“Use Fun & Humor. Humor lightens spirits, comforts through a challenge, brings people together, engages, and entertains. Bring delight and joy to others and you will leave them wanting more.”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“Make Others Feel Important. We all have an innate desire to feel important, be special, and feel appreciated. In your words and behavior help others feel important.”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“Commonality & Camaraderie. By identifying, developing, and connecting powerful points of reference to others, you will have a rich resource of information from which to engage in stimulating conversations and connect on amazing levels.”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“Trust and rapport are essential for moving a positive first impression forward to create a meaningful and lasting connection. They are the heartbeat of business, the backbone for high performing teams, and the secret sauce for healthy relationships.”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“Research by the Income Center for Tradeshows found that people are twice as likely to remember you if you shake hands. According to the American Management Association, it takes only one-fortieth of a second to create a human bond. Whether you shake someone’s hand, squeeze their arm, or touch their shoulder, make these moments count to be remembered favorably.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“A person who offers a loose handshake, on the other hand (pun intended), may be interpreted as being uninterested, lacking confidence and self-esteem, weak, or being wishy-washy. Whether too strong or too weak, a bad handshake can set you back and close down a potentially rewarding relationship before it ever gets started.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“A simple handshake is not always a simple handshake. The way it is delivered can take on a million meanings and interpretations. As with every other form of body language and non-verbal communication, you are sending silent messages simply by the way you shake hands.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“To touch or not to touch . . . that is the question. Handshakes, hugs, and other touching all have their appropriate space and place. The key to success in this area is to know when, where, and how to best put these into action.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“What is acceptable on a personal level is very different from what is acceptable on a business level. When we utilize touch well, we can elevate our presentation, demonstrate respect, and convey confidence. However, when we use touch poorly, it can be disastrous, personally and professionally.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“Your visual impact is your silent introduction to others.”
“As an employer, your bottom line depends on your success; from hiring the right employees, to communicating your brand and culture, to making a positive and lasting impression on your clients. Your bottom line depends on IMAGE.”
“When someone asks you who you’re trying to impress your answer should always be ‘myself.”
Source: BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose
“Your thoughts become your attitudes, which become your actions, which become your behavior, which become your habits, which become your lifestyle, and inevitably determine your outcomes. Utilize this circular truth by using positive thoughts to create positive outcomes. It is a choice you get to make every day. Choose wisely.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“UN-Impressives
• Lying.
• Bragging.
• Gossiping.
• Cursing and using foul language.
• Making self-deprecating comments.
• Regularly expressing worry and anxiety.
• Criticizing and condemning people and situations.
• Demonstrating a lack of emotional intelligence or compassion.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“The directive we have so often heard, “Change your thoughts, change your life,” is indeed based on the power of words. The key to your happiness, well-being, and interactions with others begins, continues, and concludes with the nature and quality of the words you hold in your mind as thoughts. Make them work for your highest good.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“The "Law of Attraction," based on the principle of cause and effect, is not only a process of reaping what you sow through your actions. Its magnetic impact derives from the words you use, attracting and reinforcing whatever you are thinking about and putting out into the world through your speech.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“If you want to attract greater success, prosperity, health, and to enjoy more fulfilling relationships, craft your speech to affirm and manifest them.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“The Words You Write
“Few things scream ‘unprofessional’ faster than a poorly written letter or resume filled with errors, misspellings, misuse, and negligence.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Growing up with well-educated parents and an older sister with her Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature, I was left with little wiggle room as a child to use poor grammar. When I would inadvertently slip, I would be corrected in a matter of moments—excuse me, seconds! While it may have been irritating for a 10-year-old, I am eternally grateful as an adult that the grammar police kept me in line.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
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Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Review and reread your work before you hit send, post, or publish. Thankfully, many of the social media channels allow you to edit what you have created after they have been posted. However, there will be times when what you send out will be un-retractable. In some cases, they are there forever. So choose your words wisely!”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Even with my focused intention to be eloquent and reflect perfect grammar, syntax, and punctuation in my writing, I still flub up occasionally. Thank heavens for spell check, auto-correct, and the brilliance of my amazing editor Elizabeth Dixon. None of us is perfect, but our editing needs to be as thorough as possible if we hope to make a great impression.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Having a second set of eyes to review what you do is an effective practice. Sometimes you will be so close to your own work that your blinders will cause you to miss tiny details which can create huge errors, and reflect poorly on your intelligence and expertise.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“As a professional speaker and author, excellent grammar is crucial in my profession. Without the proper use of words and language, I would lose credibility and respect.”
Source: The Art of Action: 8 Ways to Initiate & Activate Forward Momentum for Positive Impact
“Rather than using these pages for a boring English lesson, I will simply encourage you to become keenly aware and pay close attention to your articulation and grammar.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“The wonderful world of human relationships is a rich mixture of backgrounds, perceptions, habits, preferences, behaviors, and motivators. These differences can create barriers to communication and connection, creating a lack of understanding or clarity. Just as we each have our own genetic DNA that makes us unique, we also have personality traits that do the same.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“A fast way to get a clear understanding of yourself and others is through personality a profile assessment. Many companies and hiring managers administer these tests to ensure that personalities are well matched to positions. They also help build dream teams to optimize the combinations of strengths and complementary qualities among their people.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Understanding a wide range of personalities will help improve your communication, connection, and engagement not only at work, but in your relationships at home, in life, and in love.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“To master The Art of First Impressions for Positive Impact, it is imperative to understand some basic personality differences so that you can navigate and nurture relationships from a position of awareness, empathy, and acceptance. This understanding will greatly enhance your communication skills, regardless of the differences, so that you can make positive impressions on people who are different from you.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Is there overlap and similarity among personality profile assessments? Absolutely! Although each assessment packages information differently, you will recognize the common threads for basic personality differences which apply throughout humanity—and gain great material for your relationship toolbox!”
“The "spot-on" accuracy of the results may astound you. Once you understand yourself and realize that other people have their own sets of unique traits and preferences, you can find ways to communicate more effectively with them.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Some will reveal how you interact with the world around you, where you direct your energy, how you make decisions, how you approach work, and how you tend to communicate. Others will reveal how you give and receive love and what it takes to feel appreciated.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“I am sharing this wonderful information with the caveat that I am not promising, endorsing, guaranteeing, judging, or predicting any outcomes for you. I’m simply providing you with tools which I have enjoyed and hope you will too!”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Different Strokes for Different Folks
“First things first—differences abound! Race, creed, color, gender, national origin, handicap, age, familial status, socio-economics, education, politics, religion, geography, and job status. Does that list look like a poster ad for the ACLU? Add in our vastly different life experiences and things really start to get interesting.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“As if these diverse characteristics weren’t enough, bring them all into a social context where we must work, live, love, and engage with people different from ourselves—is it any wonder that communications can be challenging?”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“The fact that someone is different from you does not make them wrong—it just makes them different. Why would we ever want everyone to be alike anyway? That would make the world boring!”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Wearing Nametags- On Yourself
The purpose of wearing nametags in the first place is for people to see your name. Otherwise, why bother? We have all seen nametag placements that range from proper to downright raunchy. People can get pretty creative about where they place them and it is not always appropriate. For this book, we will focus on the best practices.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“To make a positive first impression, where is the best place to wear a nametag? Since we shake hands with our right hand, placing your nametag on the right side of your body will make it quickly visible for the best eye contact. Within a few inches of your collar bone and right shoulder will provide greater visibility even when you are sitting down.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Wearing Nametags- On Others
I enjoy reading nametags and calling people by their names before we have officially met or been introduced. It provides an instant icebreaker. Walking up to someone and saying, “Hi Brenda! I’m Susan!” creates a quick connection that might not have happened were her name not displayed.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Business Cards
“Do you attend events where business cards are exchanged in a networking environment? My friend Brian Haugen is a networking ninja. His gregarious personality and love for people have enabled him to easily win friends and influence people. He has a lot of tips, but one of his best is regarding how to best handle business cards.
When I asked him for his thoughts on being an effective networker, he shared that there is an art to how to receive someone’s business card with respect and interest. He continued by saying, “When someone hands you their card, take a moment to hold it, read it, repeat their name and then make a comment or ask a question. And make notes on their card to help you remember the exchange.”
This small action communicates you are genuinely interested and want to remember them.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Too often when people hand us their cards, we quickly slip them into our pockets or purses without giving notice to what it says. Subliminally, it tells the other person that we don’t care or are not interested. Take a moment to demonstrate your interest; this will help your newfound relationship be off to a good start. Small actions can make a significant impact!”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Have you ever met a new person and within seconds forgotten his or her name? It can be embarrassing, can’t it? Many people will laugh, brush it off, and say, “I simply can’t remember names!” But you should take remembering seriously.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“To remember people’s names, use usual Imagery—Connect the name with a mental picture that will remind you of that person. If his name is Barry, think of berries. If her name is Cheri, imagine her drinking cherry punch.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“To remember people’s names, use rhyming, rhythm, adjectives, and alliteration—Use rhyming (trim Kim), rhythm (Sally sells seashells), adjectives (kind Kevin), and alliteration (Mike likes milk). These ideas may sound silly, but they stimulate your mind to improve your memory.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact