In my recent quest to learn everything I can and finally be totally perfect and have a wonderful life! I’m reading: First Impressions: What you don’t know about how others see you by Ann Demarais and Valerie White.
It’s very informative and I can see many blunders in the people around me, but the authors said to focus on evaluating myself. Oh.
It turns out that I have a LOT to learn about making first impressions! After reading this book, I’m surprised that I have any friends at all! It’s really highly informative and I think it will be useful, but it’s also overwhelming.
I’m going to avoid the temptation to list everything that I could improve, that might be banal and provide more detail than you would like to hear.
Also, it might be construed as complaining. According to the book, complaining is seen as the most boring type of conversation. Complaining even provokes hostility because it involves
“the boring person’s violation of a norm that prohibits ‘the wholesale boredom of others.’”
I would tell you more about what is in the book, but as a good conversational partner, I now want to hear about YOU! YOU! fabulous YOU! I am completely interested in, and can’t wait to hear, what you have to say. (It’s true!)
Ok, your turn! What do you think about me and what I had to say?
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