Do you think first impression is important?
Actually, most people think, it just takes a few minutes to make a judgement about someone when they first meet. It always happens when we meet someone new and start to talk with them. Our mind simply gives a judgement by looking at their appearance, the way they talk and etc.
For me, first impressions are important because it helps me to make a decision whether I’m going to be friends with them or I’m going to avoid them. In fact, we might try to get closer with people who click with us. We’ll probably start to share everything that we like with them and it’s a good start to build a friendship.
Another thing, first impressions, especially when we suddenly make a decision “to avoid someone” can give us a negative effect. I have had an experience about it and I think most people ever have this experience. It happens the first time we meet someone, our minds unconsciously say, “I should stay away from you or I don’t really like you.” This will make us keep apart from those person. We might try to not even try to talk with them.
Sadly, that first impression may be wrong. For example, at the first time we meet someone. We just give a negative judgement about them. We try to avoid them and our mind keep think about them in negative way. It actually tears us apart from them. It’s also unfair for us, to not even giving a try to build friendship with them.
First impression may get wrong, especially when we’ve already know about them. It really happens to me, at that time, I was trying my best to avoid someone just because I thought she was arrogant and rude. But by the time, I got a chance to talk with her and she was not arrogant at all. She was kind and very friendly! At that time, I’ve just notice that she was totally different from what I think about.
I was so sorry to her for being negative all the time. When I said the truth, she was just smile and said that people may got wrong just because their first impression. I was so embarrassed, but started at that time, I try my best to not judge people easily.