13 Habits To Make An Amazing First Impression (Every Time)

1. 1 3 1 3 H a b i t s t o Ma k e a n A ma z i n g F i r s t F i r s t I mp r e s s i o n I mp r e s s i o n ( E v e r y T i me ) http://www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/6723411369/

2. E v e r wo n d e r wh y s o me p e o p l e j u s t s e e m t o b e u n i v e r s a l l y a d o r e d ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/anirudhkoul/3583105294/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/anirudhkoul/3583105294/

3. T h e y wa l k i n t o a p a r t y a n d a r e a n i n s t a n t h i t . http://www.flickr.com/photos/45409431@N00/7968954274/

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65294944@N05/7979587929/ T h e y s e e m b l e s s e d wi t h a n i n n a t e c h a r m a n d c h a r i s ma .

5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/josemanuelerre/4966743207/ B u t n o n e o f u s a r e b o r n s o c i a l g e n i u s e s .

6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/defenceimages/5761588879/ A N Y O N E c a n l e a r n t o c o n s i s t e n t l y ma k e a n a ma z i n g i mp r e s s i o n .

7. Y o u j u s t n e e d t o p r a c t i c e 1 3 h a b i t s . http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandavidmuir/3591283677/

8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/30420396@N03/8315951232/ 1 S mi l e a n y t i me y o u wa l k i n t o a r o o m o r b e g i n a c o n v e r s a t i o n .

9. F i r s t i mp r e s s i o n s a r e f o r me d i n s e c o n d s . P e o p l e b e g i n t o f o r m i mp r e s s i o n s f r o m y o u r a t t i t u d e a n d f a c i a l e x p r e s s i o n s . 7 http://www.flickr.com/photos/48253376@N00/1051304225/

10. 2 O p e n y o u r b o d y l a n g u a g e . http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2573762303/

11. U n c r o s s y o u r a r ms a n d l i f t y o u r c h i n . Op e n i n g y o u r b o d y wi l l a c t u a l l y ma k e y o u f e e l mo r e s o c i a l . 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/20935403@N05/5412733912/

12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/99619705@N00/7875826844/ 3 D o n ’ t wa i t t o b e i n t r o d u c e d .

13. http://www.flickr.com/photos/slava/992547455/ T a k e t h e i n i t i a t i v e t o i n t r o d u c e y o u r s e l f . Ma k e e v e r y o n e f e e l mo r e c o mf o r t a b l e b y b e i n g a p a r t o f t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n .

14. 4 U s e p e o p l e ' s n a me s . http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinprick/86269184/

15. R e me mb e r p e o p l e ’ s n a me s a n d t h e y ’ l l i mme d i a t e l y l i k e y o u . S a y s o me o n e ' s n a me b a c k t o t h e m a f e w t i me s t o ma k e i t s t i c k . http://www.flickr.com/photos/46944516@N00/5876508577/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/46944516@N00/5876508577/

16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ameotoko/4334357860/ 5 D e v e l o p a f a s c i n a t i n g wa y t o a n s we r , “ Wh e r e a r e y o u f r o m? ”

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/9025932@N08/6947764072/ S h a r e s o me t h i n g a b o u t y o u r s e l f . L e t t h e m k n o w s o me t h i n g t h a t e v o k e s e mo t i o n .

18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aye_shamus/2929888687/ 6 D e v e l o p a f a s c i n a t i n g wa y t o a n s we r , “ Wh a t d o y o u d o ? ”  

19. G e t i n t h e h a b i t o f s h a r i n g WH Y y o u c h o s e y o u r j o b o r wh a t y o u l i k e a b o u t i t . G i v e t h e o t h e r p e r s o n s o me t h i n g t o r e l a t e t o . http://www.flickr.com/photos/myfuturedotcom/6053039912/

20. As k b e t t e r q u e s t i o n s t h a n “ Wh e r e a r e y o u f r o m? ” ( o r “ Wh a t d o y o u d o ? ” ) 7 http://www.flickr.com/photos/46982319@N06/4897239430/

21. D i g d e e p e r . A s k p e o p l e i f t h e y l i k e t h e i r j o b s o r h o me t o wn s . F i n d o u t wh a t f i r e s t h e m u p . http://www.flickr.com/photos/41346951@N05/9798380975/

22. http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/8412713687/ 8 L o o k p e o p l e i n t h e e y e wh i l e Y O U s p e a k .

23. http://www.flickr.com/photos/15237218@N00/4310918057 L o o k p e o p l e i n t h e e y e wh i l e y o u s p e a k a n d y o u ’ l l c a p t i v a t e t h e m.

24. http://www.flickr.com/photos/72098626@N00/3564918558/ 9 D o n ’ t s c a n t h e r o o m o r c h e c k y o u r p h o n e wh i l e l i s t e n i n g .

25. N o o n e l i k e s f e e l i n g l i k e y o u ’ d r a t h e r b e s o me wh e r e e l s e wh e n y o u ' r e wi t h t h e m. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lobraumeister/3634335319/

26. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sethrader/7727066346/ 1 0 S p e a k l o u d e r .

27. U s i n g a s t r o n g v o i c e wi l l j o l t y o u o u t o f y o u r n e r v e s a n d wi l l d e mo n s t r a t e c o n f i d e n c e t o t h e p e o p l e a r o u n d y o u . http://www.flickr.com/photos/65294944@N05/6389843873/

28. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eye2eye/50892860/ 1 1 Ke e p y o u r i n f l e c t i o n d o wn wh e n ma k i n g s t a t e me n t s .

29. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosimoes7/3717536433/ T a k e s p e c i a l c a r e t o s p e a k i n a wa y t h a t c o mmu n i c a t e s c o n v i c t i o n . U s e d o wn wa r d o r n e u t r a l i n f l e c t i o n a t t h e e n d o f y o u r s e n t e n c e s .

30. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nightfall404/9599135770/ 1 2 T o u c h p e o p l e .

31. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/3843257921/ R e s e a r c h s h o ws i t o n l y t a k e 1 / 4 0 t h o f a s e c o n d o f p h y s i c a l c o n t a c t f o r p e o p l e t o f e e l a b o n d wi t h o n e a n o t h e r .

32. 1 3B r i n g f u n . http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinguino/4081421885/

33. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gwilmore/3208325391/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gwilmore/3208325391/ B e t h e f i r s t t o c r a c k a j o k e a n d s h o w t h a t y o u d o n ’ t a l wa y s n e e d t o a p p e a r s t u f f y . P e o p l e wi l l a d o r e y o u f o r i t .

34. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinomara/265689765/ Wa n t mo r e ?

35. R e a d t h e wh o l e s t o r y ! C l i c k i t ! C l i c k i t ! T http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/5198100407/