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“I decide to ask a question that’s been on my mind for months: “Why, when job searching could be totally rationalized by the Internet through a simple matching of job seekers’ skills to company needs, does everything seem to depend on this old-fashioned, face-to-face networking? After all, there’s going to be an interview anyway, right?” “It’s about trust,” Ron answers opaquely, not to mention “likability.” “The higher up you get in the exec ranks, the more things depend on being likable. You’ve got to fit in.” I catch my right hand advancing toward Ron’s untouched French fries and quickly revise the gesture into a reach for the salt. It’s distracting to think that our major economic enterprises, on which the livelihoods and well-being of millions depend, rest so heavily on the thin goo of “likability.”

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Book:Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
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“If you jump to conclusions about someone based on limited, proscribed interactions, you close the door to the possibility of deepening your connection.”

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Book:The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Like
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“It is natural for us to form first impressions when we meet someone. The challenge is to remain open to letting the other perception to change.”

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Book:The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Like
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“Whether with a new acquaintance or an existing relationship, stay open to the possibility that your perceptions aren’t entirely accurate; it just may give you the opportunity to strengthen the bond.”

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Book:The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Like
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“You can change the outcome of a situation by keeping an open mind and not pigeonholing other people into what you already believe about them.”

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Book:The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Like
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“If you don’t want people to make assumptions about you that they automatically consider as facts, be aware of not falling into the same habit.”

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Book:The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Like
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