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First Impressions

We attended a seminar by Silvie Di Giusto hosted by FiveFour and her message was all about first impressions, stereotypes, and how to use them to your advantage. 7 seconds is all it takes for someone to make a first impression on us. Even if we're wrong, that first impression sticks!

We've been thinking about how people make first impressions on us. Our brains are wired to judge people based on that initial interaction, but if we're aware of what's happening, we might avoid making an inaccurate, negative judgement.

The gym is a place where first impressions are huge! People on average drive around a new gym 10 times before walking in the door. Once comfortable inside, we find that the gym is a great place to bond with people.

How to make impressions positive:

• Be authentic
• Play to your strengths
• Accept the things you can't change (being unique is great)
• Acknowledge your initial judgement of someone but leave room to be wrong!

During this episode we also rewind to our first impressions of each other (and the power of orange shorts). And we were pretty spot-on.