admitted how powerful first impressions
can be in determining your social
image; that's a known fact nobody can
deny, but is it right? Is it fair to judge people depending only
on one meeting might not exceed an
hour?
Is it even reasonable to make a decision
– any decision – based on information
you gathered for just one hour or so?
Does it make any sense?
It gets worse! Some people not only
take the first impression to be accurate
and true; but also take it as the only
truth; they adopt it and refuse to give
further chances that might change it no matter what, I only see that as
unbelievable rigidity!
Humans are extremely variable
creatures always suffer from dramatic
changes according to many things like
mood, health, financials, career
conditions, domestic circumstances,
how well one ate or slept or even
according to weather!
That means A LOTA LOT of changes if you do
the math! Statistically there's a very small chance
for a given person to be perfectly well
from every aspect. And even if they
were, that leaves us with good chances
of being tense, shy or nervous, or even
having poor social skills! By all means
defining whether or not this is the real
personality you're dealing with based on
one meeting is practically impossible!
I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't
take any impressions at all from the
first meeting; I'm only asking you to
keep open for further meetings before you go ahead and make a decision that
could affect both of your lives greatly.
Give more chances before you “tick”
right or wrong, look again perhaps you
were mistaken in the first time; it's only fair!